MASHMAN, Keith Austin
| Service Number: | 424776 |
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| Enlisted: | 9 October 1942 |
| Last Rank: | Flight Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | No. 51 Squadron (RAF) |
| Born: | Canterbury, New South Wales, Australia, 22 March 1924 |
| Home Town: | Martinsville, Lake Macquarie Shire, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Flying Battle, Vendeville, France, 4 November 1944, aged 20 years |
| Cemetery: |
Lille Southern Cemetery |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, International Bomber Command Centre Memorial |
World War 2 Service
| 9 Oct 1942: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, 424776 | |
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| 4 Nov 1944: | Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, 424776, No. 51 Squadron (RAF), Air War NW Europe 1939-45 |
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424776 FSGT Keith Austen Mashman (1924-1944)
On the night of 4 November 1944, No. 51 Squadron was tasked to attack Bochum, Germany. One of the Squadron’s Halifax aircraft was hit by anti-aircraft fire and crashed at Vendiville, France. Flight Sergeant Mashman was killed in this action and Sergeant Goddard was wounded, dying the next day. The remainder of the crew members were uninjured.
The crew members of the Halifax were:
Sergeant E Curr (RAF) (Engineer)
Sergeant Anthony Henry John Goddard (1602239) (RAFVR) (Navigator) Fatally wounded: Died: 5 November 1944
Flight Sergeant Keith Austin Mashman (424776) (Wireless Operator)
Sergeant K Sharp (752346) (RAFVR) (Air Gunner)
Flight Sergeant E G Silcock (477233) (RNZAF) (Bomb Aimer)
Pilot Officer Charles William Simpson (428265) (Pilot) Discharged from the RAAF: 27 February 1946
Sergeant F A Withers (1199242) (RAFVR) (Air Gunner)
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