Armand Andre ETIENNE DFC

ETIENNE, Armand Andre

Service Number: 415632
Enlisted: 7 December 1941
Last Rank: Flight Lieutenant
Last Unit: RAAF Eastern Area Headquarters (Sydney)
Born: ODESSA, RUSSIA, 15 September 1918
Home Town: West Perth, Western Australia
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Not yet discovered
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World War 2 Service

7 Dec 1941: Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Lieutenant, 415632, RAAF Eastern Area Headquarters (Sydney)
24 Oct 1944: Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Flying Officer, 415632, No. 43 Squadron (RAAF), Air War SW Pacific 1941-45, Air Sea Rescue Mission of No. 42 Squadron Catalina crew over 1800 miles through enemy-held territory.
21 Feb 1947: Discharged Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Lieutenant, 415632, RAAF Eastern Area Headquarters (Sydney)

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Biography contributed by Steve Larkins

 

 

Captain of a No. 43 Squadron Catalina crew that effected the longest range Air Sea Rescue mission by the RAAF in WW2. 415632 FO (later Flight Lieutenant (Flt Lt, DFC)), Armand Andre Etienne (Captain), of West Perth, WA; 408409 FO (later Flt Lt), Ian McCallister Robson of Sandy Bay, Tas; 428809 Flight Sergeant (Flt Sgt) (later Warrant Officer (WO)), John Joseph Sweeney (Navigator), of Newcastle, NSW, (visible standing on the wing of the rescue aircraft); 428832 Flt Sgt (later WO), Raymond Victor Tumeth of Haberfield, NSW; 428360 Flt Sgt (later WO), Derek Fanshawe Robertson of Camberwell, Vic; 12912 Sergeant (Sgt) (later PO), Robert Richard Tingman of Brighton, Vic; 12223 Sgt (later Flt Sgt), Albert Leslie Warton of Sydney, NSW; A2398 Sgt, Thomas Roy Elphick of Bondi, NSW; 33642 Corporal, James Francis Burgess Oliver of Glen Innes of NSW.

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