PERRIN, Walter Edwin
| Service Number: | 84646 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Flight Lieutenant |
| Last Unit: | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
| Born: | Launceston, Tasmania, Australia , 1909 |
| Home Town: | Launceston, Launceston, Tasmania |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Killed In Action, Lost without a trace, 12 February 1942 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Runnymede Memorial, Surrey, England Panel 66 |
| Memorials: | International Bomber Command Centre Memorial, Runnymede Air Forces Memorial |
World War 2 Service
| Date unknown: | Involvement Royal Air Force , Flight Lieutenant, 84646, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of Rowland Arthur and Mary May Perrin, of Launceston, Tasmania, Australia. B.Sc. (Melbourne).
Launcestonian
Member of
Lost Squadron
Flying Officer W. E. Perrin, of Launceston, is a member of the now famous "Lost Squadron" which has been strafing Germany from its secret aerodrome in England. The squadron is completely Australian, even to the ground staff, and is called the "Lost Squadron" because so little has been heard of its work. The existence of the unit has even been denied. In a recent raid on Cologne the squadron braved every form of opposition known to the enemy. Anti-aircraft fire, in the words of one pilot, came up "like spray from a hose," but the bombers reached their objective and dropped their cargoes. Flying Officer Perrin paid his own fare to England and enlisted with the R.A.F. because the R.A.A.F. said he was too old for operational work.