Warrant Officer, Royal Australian Air Force. 412673
Posting on Death: 180 Squadron, Dunsfold, Surrey.
Casualty - Repatriation; Aircraft - Mitchell FL707; Place - Cherbourg, France; Date - 26 November 1943.
Shot down by Flak or Collided with another Mitchell During a Raid on a V-Weapon Site at Martinvast near Cherbourg.
The crew of Mitchell FL707 were;
PAINTING Allen John – (Flight Sergeant) – 412673 *
UNDERWOOD, Cecil Gwyne - (Flight Sergeant) - 420720 #
TROMAN – (Flight Sergeant); Service Number – R178352 RCAF
SOLHEIM – (Flying Officer); Service Number – T1908483 US.
Warrant Officer Allen John Painting enlisted to the Royal Australian Air Force on 20 July 1941. After a short period of elementary training, he travelled to Canada for further training under the Empire Air Training Scheme. In March 1943, Warrant Officer painting travelled to England for operational training. He went on to serve as a wireless air gunner with 180 Squadron. On 26 November 1943, during his first operational flight, Warrant Officer Painting was killed when his aircraft was shot down near Cherbourg, Normandy, France. He is buried at Cherbourg Old Communal Cemetery.
Remembrance & Family
He is honoured with a Last Post Ceremony tribute at the AWM. The video can be viewed by accessing his Roll of Honour record or by using this link;
https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/C2099316
He is commemorated on the Roll of Honour in Whitton NSW, also his name is located at panel 128 in the Commemorative Area at the Australian War Memorial.
Son of John Thomas Painting and Annie Painting, of Whitton, New South Wales, Australia.
Father John Thomas (Jack) Painting (1888-1968)
Mother Annie McGrogan Esler (1893-1979)
Posting on Death: 180 Squadron, Dunsfold, Surrey.
Casualty - Repatriation; Aircraft - Mitchell FL707; Place - Cherbourg, France; Date - 26 November 1943.
Shot down by Flak or Collided with another Mitchell During a Raid on a V-Weapon Site at Martinvast near Cherbourg.
The crew of Mitchell FL707 were;
PAINTING Allen John – (Flight Sergeant) – 412673 *
UNDERWOOD, Cecil Gwyne - (Flight Sergeant) - 420720 #
TROMAN – (Flight Sergeant); Service Number – R178352 RCAF
SOLHEIM – (Flying Officer); Service Number – T1908483 US.
Warrant Officer Allen John Painting enlisted to the Royal Australian Air Force on 20 July 1941. After a short period of elementary training, he travelled to Canada for further training under the Empire Air Training Scheme. In March 1943, Warrant Officer painting travelled to England for operational training. He went on to serve as a wireless air gunner with 180 Squadron. On 26 November 1943, during his first operational flight, Warrant Officer Painting was killed when his aircraft was shot down near Cherbourg, Normandy, France. He is buried at Cherbourg Old Communal Cemetery.
Remembrance & Family
He is honoured with a Last Post Ceremony tribute at the AWM. The video can be viewed by accessing his Roll of Honour record or by using this link;
https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/C2099316
He is commemorated on the Roll of Honour in Whitton NSW, also his name is located at panel 128 in the Commemorative Area at the Australian War Memorial.
Son of John Thomas Painting and Annie Painting, of Whitton, New South Wales, Australia.
Father John Thomas (Jack) Painting (1888-1968)
Mother Annie McGrogan Esler (1893-1979)
Warrant Officer, Royal Australian Air Force. 412673
Posting on Death: 180 Squadron, Dunsfold, Surrey.
Casualty - Repatriation; Aircraft - Mitchell FL707; Place - Cherbourg, France; Date - 26 November 1943.
Shot down by Flak or Collided with another Mitchell During a Raid on a V-Weapon Site at Martinvast near Cherbourg.
The crew of Mitchell FL707 were;
PAINTING Allen John – (Flight Sergeant) – 412673 *
UNDERWOOD, Cecil Gwyne - (Flight Sergeant) - 420720 #
TROMAN – (Flight Sergeant); Service Number – R178352 RCAF
SOLHEIM – (Flying Officer); Service Number – T1908483 US.
Warrant Officer Allen John Painting enlisted to the Royal Australian Air Force on 20 July 1941. After a short period of elementary training, he travelled to Canada for further training under the Empire Air Training Scheme. In March 1943, Warrant Officer painting travelled to England for operational training. He went on to serve as a wireless air gunner with 180 Squadron. On 26 November 1943, during his first operational flight, Warrant Officer Painting was killed when his aircraft was shot down near Cherbourg, Normandy, France. He is buried at Cherbourg Old Communal Cemetery.
Remembrance & Family
He is honoured with a Last Post Ceremony tribute at the AWM. The video can be viewed by accessing his Roll of Honour record or by using this link;
https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/C2099316
He is commemorated on the Roll of Honour in Whitton NSW, also his name is located at panel 128 in the Commemorative Area at the Australian War Memorial.
Son of John Thomas Painting and Annie Painting, of Whitton, New South Wales, Australia.
Father John Thomas (Jack) Painting (1888-1968)
Mother Annie McGrogan Esler (1893-1979)
Posting on Death: 180 Squadron, Dunsfold, Surrey.
Casualty - Repatriation; Aircraft - Mitchell FL707; Place - Cherbourg, France; Date - 26 November 1943.
Shot down by Flak or Collided with another Mitchell During a Raid on a V-Weapon Site at Martinvast near Cherbourg.
The crew of Mitchell FL707 were;
PAINTING Allen John – (Flight Sergeant) – 412673 *
UNDERWOOD, Cecil Gwyne - (Flight Sergeant) - 420720 #
TROMAN – (Flight Sergeant); Service Number – R178352 RCAF
SOLHEIM – (Flying Officer); Service Number – T1908483 US.
Warrant Officer Allen John Painting enlisted to the Royal Australian Air Force on 20 July 1941. After a short period of elementary training, he travelled to Canada for further training under the Empire Air Training Scheme. In March 1943, Warrant Officer painting travelled to England for operational training. He went on to serve as a wireless air gunner with 180 Squadron. On 26 November 1943, during his first operational flight, Warrant Officer Painting was killed when his aircraft was shot down near Cherbourg, Normandy, France. He is buried at Cherbourg Old Communal Cemetery.
Remembrance & Family
He is honoured with a Last Post Ceremony tribute at the AWM. The video can be viewed by accessing his Roll of Honour record or by using this link;
https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/C2099316
He is commemorated on the Roll of Honour in Whitton NSW, also his name is located at panel 128 in the Commemorative Area at the Australian War Memorial.
Son of John Thomas Painting and Annie Painting, of Whitton, New South Wales, Australia.
Father John Thomas (Jack) Painting (1888-1968)
Mother Annie McGrogan Esler (1893-1979)
Inscription
HIS DUTY FEARLESSLY
AND NOBLY DONE
EVER REMEMBERED
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