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BATH, Richard William Raven
Personal Details
Service Number: | 420116 |
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Enlisted: | 11 October 1941 |
Last Rank: | Flying Officer |
Last Unit: | No. 75 Squadron (RAAF) |
Born: | Waverley, New South Wales, Australia, 14 April 1922 |
Home Town: | Stockton, Newcastle, New South Wales |
Schooling: | Newcastle Technical College, New South Wales, Australia |
Occupation: | RAAF Pilot |
Died: | Flying Accident, Sansapor (Mega Bay), Dutch New Guinea, Dutch New Guinea, Netherlands East Indies, 9 August 1944, aged 22 years |
Cemetery: |
Ambon War Cemetery, Ambon, Maluku, Indonesia Plot 23 Row C Grave 2 |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
Service History
World War 2 Service
11 Oct 1941: | Enlisted 420116, Sydney, New South Wales | |
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11 Oct 1941: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flying Officer, 420116, No. 75 Squadron (RAAF) | |
12 Oct 1941: | Involvement Flying Officer, 420116 | |
1 Jun 1943: | Promoted Flying Officer | |
21 Dec 1943: | Involvement Flying Officer, 420116, No. 75 Squadron (RAAF) | |
9 Aug 1944: | Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Flying Officer, 420116, No. 75 Squadron (RAAF), Air War SE Asia 1941-45 |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by David Barlow
Kittyhawk fighter aircraft A29-571 and A29-407 of 75SQN RAAF collided in mid-air and crashed near Sansapor (Mega Bay), Dutch New Guinea killing Warrant Officer William Morris Barden 17409 (A29-571) and Flying Officer Richard William Raven Bath 420116 (A29-407)