Lindsay COLLINS

COLLINS, Lindsay

Service Number: 430438
Enlisted: 29 January 1943
Last Rank: Pilot Officer
Last Unit: No. 76 Squadron (RAAF)
Born: Moreland, Victoria, Australia, 10 January 1925
Home Town: Moreland, Melbourne, Victoria
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: RAAF Pilot
Died: Flying Battle, Borneo, 26 June 1945, aged 20 years
Cemetery: Labuan War Cemetery
Labuan War Cemetery, Labuan, Malaysia
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour
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World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939: Involvement Pilot Officer, 430438
29 Jan 1943: Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force
29 Jan 1943: Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Pilot Officer, 430438
26 Jun 1945: Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Pilot Officer, 430438, No. 76 Squadron (RAAF), Air War SE Asia 1941-45

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Biography contributed by David Barlow

Kittyhawk A29-1134 of 76SQN RAAF was one of four aircraft to strafe Keningau strip - after initiating the first attack Pilot Officer Lindsay Collins 430438 was pulling out of his run when the aircraft flipped onto its back and dived into the ground at Brunei Bay, Borneo