WARD, Dudley Francis
Service Number: | 420413 |
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Enlisted: | 7 November 1941 |
Last Rank: | Flying Officer |
Last Unit: | No. 463 Squadron (RAAF) |
Born: | Roseville, Ku-ring-gai - New South Wales, Australia, 25 January 1920 |
Home Town: | Roseville, Ku-ring-gai, New South Wales |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
Died: | Aircraft shot down during night bombing raid - Lille (Fr), Lille, Haute de France, France, 10 May 1944, aged 24 years |
Cemetery: |
Forest-sur-Marque Communal Cemetery, France Forest-sur-Marque Communal Cemetery, Forest-sur-Marque, Lille, Nord Pas de Calais, France |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, International Bomber Command Centre Memorial |
World War 2 Service
7 Nov 1941: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftman 2 (WW2), 420413, Aircrew Training Units | |
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7 Nov 1941: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flying Officer, 420413 | |
10 May 1944: | Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Flying Officer, 420413, No. 463 Squadron (RAAF), Air War NW Europe 1939-45 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Steve Larkins
Flying Officer Dudley Francis WARD was the Pilot of Lancaster tail number LL891 C/S JO-E of No. 463 Squadron RAAF based at Waddington in Lincolnshire.
He was killed in action in the course of a night bombing raid on the French city and major rail junction of Lille, in northern France, on the night of 10/11 May 1944. He was 24 years old at the time of his death. There were no survivors from their aircraft.