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DOWNING, Darryl R
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 407709 |
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| Enlisted: | 4 January 1941 |
| Last Rank: | Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | No. 460 Squadron (RAAF) |
| Born: | Rose Park, South Australia, 2 March 1922 |
| Home Town: | Lameroo, Southern Mallee, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Clerk |
| Died: | Flying Battle, North West Europe, 3 July 1942, aged 20 years |
| Cemetery: |
Reichswald Forest War Cemetery, Germany Coll. Grave 15. B. 19-18 Roll of Honour - Lameroo, Reichswald Forest War Cemetery, Kleve, Germany |
| Memorials: | Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, International Bomber Command Centre Memorial |
Service History
World War 2 Service
| 4 Jan 1941: | Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftman 2 (WW2), 407709, Aircrew Training Units, Empire Air Training Scheme | |
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| 4 Jan 1941: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftman 2 (WW2), 407709, Aircrew Training Units, Adelaide | |
| 4 Jan 1941: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Sergeant, 407709 | |
| 3 Jul 1942: | Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Sergeant, 407709, No. 460 Squadron (RAAF), Air War NW Europe 1939-45 | |
| Date unknown: | Involvement |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by David Barlow
Wellington Z1381 of 460SQN was shot down 3 July 1942 at Kressendorf (Lingen), Germany with 3 crewmen killed - Sergeant Darryl Downing 407709 RAAF / Flight Sergeant Arthur Maxwell Johnston 404784 RAAF / Sergeant William James Taylor 407775 RAAF
Survivors were Sergeant David August Radke 405139 RAAF POW - discharged 1945 / Sergeant William Gerald Reed DCM 402479 RAAF POW - discharged 1946
Sergeant Maxwell Joseph Andrew Wyllie 405001 RAAF was killed in an escape attempt in April 1943