SHANAHAN, Anthony
Service Numbers: | N228817, 423908 |
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Enlisted: | 4 November 1941 |
Last Rank: | Flight Lieutenant |
Last Unit: | No. 158 Squadron (RAF) |
Born: | Austinmer, Wollongong - New South Wales, Australia, 30 May 1923 |
Home Town: | Austinmer, Wollongong, New South Wales |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
Memorials: | Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial |
World War 2 Service
4 Nov 1941: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, N228817 | |
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14 Jul 1942: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, N228817 | |
18 Jul 1942: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftman, 423908, Aircrew Training Units, Sydney, NSW | |
18 Jul 1942: | Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Sergeant, 423908, Aircrew Training Units, Empire Air Training Scheme | |
18 Jul 1942: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Lieutenant, 423908 | |
30 Mar 1944: | Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Flying Officer, 423908, No. 158 Squadron (RAF), Air War NW Europe 1939-45, Bomb aimer crewing LW724, radio call sign NP-S, during the air attack on Nuremberg on the night of 30 March 1944. Their plane was shot down by a German aircraft and crashed near Herborn-Seelbach. FO Shanahan bailed out and was taken prisoner of war in Germany. The rest of the crew were killed. | |
31 Mar 1944: | Imprisoned Air War NW Europe 1939-45 | |
5 Oct 1945: | Discharged Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Lieutenant, 423908 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Steve Larkins
Flying Officer Anthony Shanahan was the bomb aimer of Handley Page Halifax LW724, radio call sign NP-S, of No. 158 Squadron RAF during an air raid on Nuremberg on the night of 30 March 1944. Their plane was shot down by a German night fighter and crashed near Herborn-Seelbach. FO Shanahan bailed out and was taken prisoner of war in Germany. The rest of the crew were killed.