Bruce Astor SCHAEFER

SCHAEFER, Bruce Astor

Service Number: 403439
Enlisted: 6 January 1941
Last Rank: Pilot Officer
Last Unit: No. 2 Initial Training School Bradfield Park
Born: Armidale New South Wales Australia , 27 March 1914
Home Town: Armidale, Armidale Dumaresq, New South Wales
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Carpenter
Died: Spitfire Aircraft Training Accident, Sumburgh Shetland Islands Scotland United Kingdom, 18 August 1942, aged 28 years
Cemetery: Lewick New Cemetery Shetland Islands Scotland U.K.
Terrace 78 Grave 8 Local Roll of Honour- Armidale NSW, Lerwick New Cemetery, Lerwick, Shetland Islands, Scotland, United Kingdom
Memorials: Armidale High School WW2 In Memoriam Honour Roll, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour
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World War 2 Service

6 Jan 1941: Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftman 2 (WW2), 403439, No. 2 Initial Training School Bradfield Park
6 Jan 1941: Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Pilot Officer, 403439
5 May 1942: Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Pilot Officer, 403439, Air War NW Europe 1939-45, No. 602 Squadron (RAF)
1 Aug 1942: Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Pilot Officer, 403439, Air War NW Europe 1939-45, No. 164 Squadron (RAF)

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