FISCALINI, Ronald James
Service Number: | 409535 |
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Enlisted: | 12 September 1941 |
Last Rank: | Flying Officer |
Last Unit: | Operational Training Units (RAF) |
Born: | Stawell, Victoria, Australia, 8 August 1919 |
Home Town: | Ararat, Ararat, Victoria |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Electrical Engineeer |
Died: | Accidental, Isle of Stroma, Scotland, United Kingdom, 13 May 1943, aged 23 years |
Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Beaufort War Memorial |
World War 2 Service
3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Flying Officer, 409535 | |
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12 Sep 1941: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftman 2 (WW2), 409535, No. 3 Initial Training School Sandgate, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria | |
12 Sep 1941: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flying Officer, 409535 |
World War 1 Service
21 Mar 1942: | Embarked Royal Australian Air Force, Pilot Officer, 409535, Embarked at Melbourne for Canada |
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World War 2 Service
15 Feb 1943: | Embarked Royal Australian Air Force, Pilot Officer, 409535, Embarked at Halifax, Canada for UK | |
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11 Mar 1943: | Promoted Royal Australian Air Force, Flying Officer, Operational Training Units (RAF) | |
13 May 1943: | Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Flying Officer, Operational Training Units (RAF), Empire Air Training Scheme, Training accident at No. 8 (Coastal) Operational Training Unit RAF (8 OTU) RAF Fraserburgh Coastal Command |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Martin James Fiscalini and Evelyn Lavinia Fiscalini
Husband of Doris Elizabeth Fiscalini of Hurstbridge, Victoria. Ronald and Doris were married on 3 May 1941. Father of Heather who was born on the 11 November 1942
He was employed at the Ararat Power Station where he was the Assistant Electrical Engineer
Plane was Spitfire X4494 which crashed while on a non operational day training flight and crashed into the sea near the Isle of Stroma, Scotland. Ronald's body was found in a dinghly near the scene the following morning
Other planes flown were Wackett, Havard and Anson