DRUMMOND, Vance
| Service Number: | O33624 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Wing Commander |
| Last Unit: | No. 35 Squadron (RAAF) - WW2 |
| Born: | Hamilton, Waikato, New Zealand, 22 February 1927 |
| Home Town: | Hackett, Australian Capital Territory |
| Schooling: | Te Awamutu District High School, New Zealand |
| Occupation: | RAAF Pilot |
| Died: | Flying Accident, At sea - off Williamtown, New South Wales, Australia, 17 May 1967, aged 40 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" 17.05.1967. Buried or Lost at Sea. Specifically: While engaged in training exercises off the New South Wales coast, At 4.20 p.m., about 50 miles (80 km) north-east of Newcastle, his Mirage went into a dive and plummeted into the sea. |
| Memorials: | Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial |
Korean War Service
| 19 Aug 1951: | Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Flying Officer, O33624 |
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World War 2 Service
| 29 Nov 1951: | Discharged Royal Australian Air Force, Wing Commander, O33624, No. 3 Squadron (RAAF) |
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Vietnam War Service
| 17 Dec 1965: | Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Wing Commander, O33624 | |
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| 17 Dec 1965: | Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Wing Commander, O33624, RAAF Transport Flight Vietnam, DVA Nominal Rolls Vietnam | |
| 1 Jun 1966: | Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Wing Commander, O33624 | |
| 1 Jun 1966: | Transferred Royal Australian Air Force, Wing Commander, No. 35 Squadron (RAAF) - WW2, Unit Name Change - Returned to Australia 9 Dec 1966 - DVA Nominal Rolls Vietnam |
Korean War Service
| Date unknown: | Involvement Flying Officer, O33624, No. 77 Squadron (RAAF) |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by David Barlow
Flying Officer Vance Drummond O33624 and Flying Officer Bruce Lachlan Thomson O32427 were shot down near Sunchon, North Korea on the 1st of December 1951 while flying Meteor A77-251 (Drummond) and Meteor A77-29 (Thomson) - they were two of the six pilots from 77 Squadron RAAF that were captured during the Korean War
They were held as Prisoners of War in North Korea until released in September 1953 after the armistice. The other four were:
Flight Lieutenant Gordon Ronald Harvey O22048 - 19 January 1951
Flying Officer Ronald David Guthrie O22139 - 1 August 1951
Sergeant Donald William Pinkstone A2925 - 15 June 1953
Flight Lieutenant John Thomas Hannan O22100 - 1 February 1952
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