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The following from Iain Bramley's research Forename Surname Rank Unit / Formation Date Up Down Mission Pilot Aircraft Type & Number J A G Browne Sgt No 49 Squadron 24th May 1942 n.a. n.a. Posting into 49 Squadron as WT/Air Gunner n.a. n.a. J A G Browne Sgt No 49 Squadron 15th August 1942 12:54:00 AM 5:04:00 AM Dusseldorf Sgt Roy Gould Lancaster W.4113 J A G Browne Sgt No 49 Squadron 17th August 1942 10:26:00 PM 3:01:00 AM Osnabruck Sgt Roy Gould Lancaster W.4113 J A G Browne Sgt No 49 Squadron 8th September 1942 10:44:00 PM 3:37:00 AM Frankfurt Sgt Roy Gould Lancaster R.5896 J A G Browne Sgt No 49 Squadron 10th September 1942 8:40:00 PM 1:40:00 AM Dusseldorf Sgt Roy Gould Lancaster R.5916 J A G Browne Sgt No 49 Squadron 13th September 1942 11:22:00 PM 3:24:00 AM Bremen Sgt Roy Gould Lancaster R.5812 J A G Browne Sgt No 49 Squadron 14th September 1942 8:31:00 PM 12:48:00 AM Wilmeshaven Sgt Roy Gould Lancaster L.7493 J A G Browne Sgt No 49 Squadron 17th September 1942 8:38:00 PM 1:15:00 AM Krupps Works, Essen Sgt Roy Gould Lancaster R.5912 J A G Browne Sgt No 49 Squadron 18th September 1942 7:52:00 PM 4:25:00 AM Mining off Swinehunde Sgt Roy Gould Lancaster R.5912 J A G Browne Sgt No 49 Squadron 20th September 1942 7:38:00 PM 4:10:00 AM Munich Sgt Roy Gould Lancaster R.5912 J A G Browne Sgt No 49 Squadron 17th October 1942 12:09:00 PM 10:08:00 PM Schneider Steel Works, Le Creusot (Daylight) Sgt Roy Gould Lancaster W.4773 J A G Browne Sgt No 49 Squadron 21st October 1942 5:33:00 PM 1:20:00 AM Munich Sgt Elliott Cole Lancaster W.4245 J A G Browne Sgt No 49 Squadron 24th October 1942 12:20:00 PM 9:22:00 PM Milan (daylight) Sgt Roy Gould Lancaster R.5912 J A G Browne Sgt No 49 Squadron 21st December 1942 5:33:00 PM 1:20:00 AM Munich Sgt Elliott Cole Lancaster W.4245 J A G Browne Sgt No 49 Squadron 16th January 1943 4:52:00 PM 11:41:00 PM Berlin Sgt Elliott Cole Lancaster ED.428 J A G Browne Sgt No 49 Squadron 17th January 1943 4:58:00 PM 1:22:00 AM Berlin Sgt Elliott Cole Lancaster ED.428 J A G Browne Sgt No 49 Squadron 31st January 1943 2:26:00 AM 7:15:00 AM Hamburg (crashed at Reepham Crossing on return) Sgt Elliott Cole Lancaster ED.428

Awarded the following Battle Honours: Beaufort - 1945 Borneo - 1945 Busu River - 1943 Defence of Alamein Line - 1942 Defence of Scarlet Beach - 1943 Defence of Tobruk - 1941 El Alamein - 1942 Finschhafen - 1943 Gusika - 1943 Labuan - 1945 Qattara Track - 1942 Sanyet el Miteirya - 1942 Siki Cove - 1943 Tell el Makh Khad - 1942

https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/LIB100013707

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https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/R1504223

https://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/SearchNRetrieve/Interface/DetailsReports/ItemDetail.aspx?Barcode=3025159&isAv=N

https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/R1562795

https://livesofthefirstworldwar.iwm.org.uk/lifestory/7339932

Lancaster Mk I tail number NA 533 Squadron Code AF-P collided with another aircraft, Lancaster Mk 1 Tail number HK555 Squadron Code KO-E from No. 115 Squadron. The Navigator of Beck's aircraft POFF Bartlett was the only survivor of the 14 crew.

https://www.cwgc.org/visit-us/find-cemeteries-memorials/cemetery-details/2026322/esbjerg-(fourfelt)-cemetery/

https://docplayer.net/57197404-77-squadron-raf-raaf-airmen-killed-whilst-on-active-service-with-77-squadron-raf-world-war-ii.html

http://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/1460558/FIRMIN,%20GEORGE%20WILLIAM

http://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/1459085/CHERPITER,%20JOHN

http://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/25858/FORGIE,%20JAMES%20GRAHAM

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article59914199

Edgar_James_Esbary___A_Arbon.pdf

Lloyd_Evelyn_Wigg___J_Nguyen.pdf

Sergeant_Frederick_Michael_Spafford___E_Humphrey.pdf

Theodor_Milton_Pflaum___D_Lloyd.pdf

https://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/SearchNRetrieve/Interface/ViewImage.aspx?B=8193125

https://aif.adfa.edu.au/showPerson?pid=335491

http://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/1457390/ALEXANDER,%20CHARLES%20HENRY

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https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/P10446410?search=

https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/R1534610

https://www.bcar.org.uk/scampton-history

https://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/SearchNRetrieve/Interface/ViewImage.aspx?B=4019464

https://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/SearchNRetrieve/Interface/ViewImage.aspx?B=8094224

https://vwma.org.au/collections/home-page-stories/empire-air-training-scheme

https://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/SearchNRetrieve/Interface/ViewImage.aspx?B=11587631

https://heritagedetection.wordpress.com/2018/07/24/hidden-history-of-a-ww2-oven-at-moora/

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/215045697/william-robert-silcock

https://heritagedetection.wordpress.com/2018/07/24/hidden-history-of-a-ww2-oven-at-moora/

https://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/SearchNRetrieve/Interface/ViewImage.aspx?B=8011338

Guide_to_Reading_a_Service_Record_2021.pdf

Abbrev___Glossary.pdf

Guide_to_Reading_a_Unit_Diary_edited.pdf

Finding_photographs_2019.pdf

Researching_Trove_2019.pdf

Student_Guide_Building_a_Profile_updated.pdf

https://nominal-rolls.dva.gov.au/veteran?id=447299&c=WW2

https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/2164875/GORDON%20JAMES%20WATKINS/

01_Transcript_-_Parts__01___02_Laurence_McEwen.pdf

04_Transcript_-_Part_05_Laurence_McEwen.pdf

05_Transcript_-_Part_06_Laurence_McEwen.pdf

Born: 10/8/1884 in Norwood, Adelaide, South Australia (SA Birth Records 1842 - 1906 Book: 333 Page: 200 District: Nor.) Father Rowland Barbenson Robin and Mother Mary Friend Whitney Robin (nee Canaway), living at 28 Edwin Terrace, Gilberton, SA. Sisters: Mrs E C Ashwin Dorothy Margaret Robin (b. 3/7/1887 East Adelaide - d. ___) - SA Birth Records 1842-1906 Bk:399 Pge:486 District: Nor. Beatirce Ruth Robin (b. 31/10/1888 East Adelaide - d. ___) - SA Birth Records 1842-1906 Bk:427 Pge:315 District: Nor. Mary de Quetteville Robin (b. 14/5/1894 East Adelaide - d. ___) - SA Birth Records 1842-1906 Bk:543 Pge:406 District: Nor. Rowland Cuthbert Robin (b. 5/8/1898 St Peters - d.___) - SA Birth Records 1842-1906 Bk:627 Pge:14 District: Nor. Next of kin in service - Cousins: 2180 Corporal Arthur Mervyn Robin, 7th Battalion (KIA 29/6/1916 at Messines) 329 Sergeant Geoffrey de Quetteville Robin, 53rd Australian Infantry Battalion (KIA July 1916 at Fromelles) Lieutenant James Keeling Robin MC, 4th Australian Light Trench Mortar Battery (KIA February 1917) Julieanne Ryan 2014

https://www.saam.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/SAAM-Profiles-RAAF-Port-Pirie-History-v.-MM-15Apr2017.pdf

On 1 August 1943 while Flight Lieutenant Fry (No. 10) was cooperating with 2nd Escort Group in this same area he saw a U-boat travelling surfaced at ten knots in a very rough sea only six miles from the sloops. He swung immediately towards the enemy and flew overhead, then made a tight turn to port to attack from the U-boat’s starboard quarter against very accurate fire. His starboard-inner engine was hit, and when the Sunderland closed to 400 yards a shell exploded in the starboard main fuel tank and petrol flooded the bridge. All three pilots were probably seriously wounded at this point but Fry with supreme determination pressed home the attack. The tail gunner saw the U-boat enveloped in the explosion plumes and then sink bows first. The Sunderland maintained course for about six miles, turned towards the ships and plunged into the sea, bouncing twice before settling heavily into the 15-foot swell. Meanwhile HMS Wren turned immediately to help the crashed aircraft. When it arrived ten minutes later all that remained was a stump of the mainplane with five of the crew clinging to it while a sixth man was seen swimming a quarter of a mile away. It was too rough to launch a boat even after oil had been pumped into the sea, but five men were hauled aboard by lifebelt and a seaman dived overboard and supported the other who was near exhaustion. Fry himself, whose indomitable spirit and skill combined to make this attack under conditions which might well have daunted the bravest heart, did not survive; but those members of his crew rescued soon learned that U454 had been broken in two and had sunk within thirty seconds. Extract from Herington, J. (John) (406545) Air War Against Germany and Italy 1939-1943, Australian War Memorial, Canberra, 1954 – Page 443

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