Alfred Frederick TAFE

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TAFE, Alfred Frederick

Service Number:	O3541
Enlisted:	Not yet discovered
Last Rank:	Flight Lieutenant
Last Unit:	Not yet discovered
Born:	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 27 July 1920
Home Town:	Five Dock, Canada Bay, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	RAAF Pilot
Died:	Flying Accident, At sea (off Wollongong, NSW, Australia), 27 October 1952, aged 32 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Memorials:

Korean War Service

30 Nov 1950:	Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Lieutenant, O3541

World War 2 Service

Date unknown:	Involvement Flight Lieutenant, O3541

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Biography contributed by David Barlow

27 October 1952 - Dakota A65-113 from the Aircraft Research and Development Unit crashed at sea off Wollongong (Botany Bay) with the 4 RAAF crew members plus 2 CSIRO scientists killed:

Warrant Officer Gerald Grierson Bocquet A22117 / 433459

Squadron Leader Peter Gordon Fisher O5825 / 415416

Flight Lieutenant Alfred Frederick Tafe O3541 / 3932

Aircraftwoman Margaret Evelyn Costello W225924 (enlisted post WW2)

Styles, R.S.

Campbell, F.C.

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