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The Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) ... RAAF casualties included 41 killed and seven captured; 66 aircraft – 22 Mustangs and 44 Meteors – were lost. [40]
The repatriation ceremony held for Private Sher on 7 January 2009. Operation Slipper included the first Australian combat deaths since the Vietnam War, and to date all casualties have occurred during operations in Afghanistan. 41 Australian soldiers have been killed (34 as a result of enemy action) and 261 wounded (including two sailors and one airman), the majority since October 2007.
The Australian War Memorial has stated that hundreds of Australian airmen were killed while supporting the Allied troops in Normandy, and that "in terms of total casualties June 1944 was the worst month in the history of the Royal Australian Air Force". [112]
The Avro Anson Memorial, [1] also known as the RAAF Anson Aircraft Memorial, [2] [3] Air Disaster Memorial, [4] or Mokine Memorial, [5] commemorates four Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) airmen killed when their Avro Anson aircraft crashed near Clackline, Western Australia on 9 October 1942.
Raymond Thorold-Smith, DFC (30 June 1918 – 15 March 1943) was an Australian flying ace who served in the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) during the Second World War. He was credited with having shot down at least six aircraft.
Paterson Clarence Hughes, DFC (19 September 1917 – 7 September 1940) was an Australian fighter ace of World War II. Serving with the Royal Air Force (RAF), he was credited with as many as seventeen aerial victories during the Battle of Britain, before being killed in action in September 1940.
John Francis Jackson Flight Lieutenant Jackson in North Africa, 1941 Nickname(s) "Old John" Born 23 February 1908 Brisbane, Queensland Died 28 April 1942 (1942-04-28) (aged 34) Port Moresby, Territory of Papua Allegiance Australia Service / branch Royal Australian Air Force Years of service 1936–1942 Rank Squadron Leader Unit No. 23 Squadron (1939–1940) No. 3 Squadron (1940–1941 ...
On 29 September 1940, a mid-air collision occurred over Brocklesby, New South Wales, Australia.The accident was unusual in that the aircraft involved, two Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) Avro Ansons of No. 2 Service Flying Training School, remained locked together after colliding, and then landed safely.