ROBSON, Ian McCallister
| Service Number: | 415632 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Flying Officer |
| Last Unit: | No. 43 Squadron (RAAF) |
| Born: | Not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Sandy Bay, Hobart, Tasmania |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
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World War 2 Service
| 24 Oct 1944: | Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Flying Officer, 415632, No. 43 Squadron (RAAF), Air War SW Pacific 1941-45 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Steve Larkins
Part of a crew involved in the longest range air sea rescue operation 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.