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Both my wife's father (RAN) & my father (2/5th Aust artillery) fought in WW2.

 

My sister-in-laws grandfather also fought, an RAAF Lancaster pilot in the RAF & was killed in action.  This was what happened to him & a pic of the Lanc he was killed in:

 

RAAF FATALITIES IN SECOND WORLD WAR AMONG
RAAF PERSONNEL SERVING ON ATTACHMENT
IN ROYAL AIR FORCE SQUADRONS AND SUPPORT UNITS
436058 Pilot Officer NEWTON, Frederick John
Source:
AWM 237 (65) NAA : A705, 166/29/231 Commonwealth War Graves records
W RF Chorley : RAF Bomber Command Losses of the Second World War, Page 144
Volume 1945
Aircraft Type: Lancaster
Serial number: HK 773
Radio call sign: LS – W
Unit: ATTD 15 SQN RAF
Summary:
Lancaster HK773 took off from RAF Mildenhall at 1055 hours on the 23 March 1945 to
attack Bocholt by GH bombing methods. The aircraft was seen at approx 1100 hours
flying in a north-westerly direction at 150 feet w2ith the port outer engine feathered and
apparently on fire. The aircraft gradually lost height finally striking the ground in dense
wood and the 4000 lb bomb on board exploded. The aircraft crashed in between Brandon
and Munford, Norfolk, UK.
Crew:
RAAF 436058 PO Newton, F J Captain (Pilot)
RAF Sgt W J Dee, (Flight Engineer)
RAF Sgt C A J Church, (Navigator)
RAF Sgt M F Matthews, (Bomb Aimer)
RAF Sgt G A Cope, (Wireless Operator Air)
RAF Sgt P Cooley (Mid Upper Gunner)
RAF Sgt T E Jenkins, (Rear Gunner)
All the crew were killed and they are buried in the Cambridge City Cemetery,
Cambridgeshire, UK. The cemetery is known locally as the Newmarket Road Cemetery.
The above fatalities were the last fatalities of 15 Sqn in WW2.

 

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My brother and I went to Kansas City this past weekend for a family thing. We spent nearly four hours at the national WWI Memorial museum before leaving.  Quite extensive and moving.  I usually focus on World War II and later, so this was an eye-opener.  The back-room deals and political maneuvering before the war was confusing.

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