Gerald Maurice ('Geoff') CRAMER DFC

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CRAMER, Gerald Maurice

Service Number:	O22886
Enlisted:	27 March 1950
Last Rank:	Squadron Leader
Last Unit:	No. 2 Squadron (RAAF)
Born:	Balmain, New South Wales, Australia , 7 April 1928
Home Town:	Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales
Schooling:	Drummoyne Public School
Occupation:	Navigator
Died:	Myrtle Bank, Adelaide, South Australia, 22 December 2021, aged 93 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Not yet discovered
Memorials:

Non Warlike Service

27 Mar 1950:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Air Cadet, O22886, Aircrew Training Units

Vietnam War Service

2 Apr 1968:	Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Flying Officer, O22886, No. 2 Squadron (RAAF)
16 Oct 1969:	Honoured Distinguished Flying Cross, RAAF Operations - Vietnam, Flight Lieutenant G.M Cramer No.2 Squadron RAAF - Ipswich Queensland - Australian Government Gazette pp 6179 position 4

World War 2 Service

11 Apr 1975:	Discharged Royal Australian Air Force, Squadron Leader, O22886

Awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross

Flight Lieutenant G.M Cramer of Ipswich Queensland

"....for consistent exceptional bombing while Bombing Leader of No.2 Squadron. He was able to obtain outstanding accuracy regardless of weather conditions and in the presence of enemy ground fire"

Submitted 10 January 2022 by Steve Larkins

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Biography contributed by Steve Larkins

Gerald ('Geoff') CRAMER (1928-2021)

Born and raised in Balmain, Sydney, 'Geoff' Cramer joined the RAAF in 1950.

He trained as a Navigator and went on to serve with No.2 Squadron in South Vietnam durng 1969, where he distinguished himslef as the Bombing Leader of the squadron. In March 1969 he was awarded a 'Top Gun' plaque from the US Air Force 35th Tactical Fighter Wing for bombing accuracy.

He also created a RAAF record by completing 3000 flying hours on his 275th mission.

He was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross.

Geoff left the RAAF in 1975 after 25 years service at the rank of Squadron Leader.

Married to Dawn, they had two children, Debra and Mark.

He retired to the RSL Care Retirement Living centre at Myrtle Bank, where he died on 22 December 2021.

Reference Death Notice Sunday Mail 2 Jan 22

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