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Royal Australian Air Force Sergeant 413510 (Pilot Instructor)
Posting on Death: 2 Operational Training Unit Mildura, his death was accidental, resulting from a flying exercise approximately 3 miles from the landing field at Mildura.
Collided With Wirraway A20-277 of 2 Otu Over Koorlong Near Mildura During Air Combat Practice
The crew members of A20-349 were:
Sergeant Alan Frederick Bates (413510) (Pilot under training)
Pilot Officer Geoffrey Edgar Taaffe (421099) (Staff Pilot)
The crew members of A20-277 were:
Flight Lieutenant James Stuart Menzies (250816) (Staff Pilot) Slightly injured, Discharged from the RAAF: 12 July 1946
Sergeant John Michael David Ryan (414839) (Pilot under training)
He is commemorated on the Roll of Honour in Burwood NSW, also his name is located at panel 112 in the Commemorative Area at the Australian War Memorial (as indicated by the poppy on the plan).
Son of Lionel Frederick and Edna Muriel Bates, of Croydon Park, New South Wales.
Royal Australian Air Force Sergeant 413510 (Pilot Instructor)
Posting on Death: 2 Operational Training Unit Mildura, his death was accidental, resulting from a flying exercise approximately 3 miles from the landing field at Mildura.
Collided With Wirraway A20-277 of 2 Otu Over Koorlong Near Mildura During Air Combat Practice
The crew members of A20-349 were:
Sergeant Alan Frederick Bates (413510) (Pilot under training)
Pilot Officer Geoffrey Edgar Taaffe (421099) (Staff Pilot)
The crew members of A20-277 were:
Flight Lieutenant James Stuart Menzies (250816) (Staff Pilot) Slightly injured, Discharged from the RAAF: 12 July 1946
Sergeant John Michael David Ryan (414839) (Pilot under training)
He is commemorated on the Roll of Honour in Burwood NSW, also his name is located at panel 112 in the Commemorative Area at the Australian War Memorial (as indicated by the poppy on the plan).
Son of Lionel Frederick and Edna Muriel Bates, of Croydon Park, New South Wales.
View Memorial site here
Royal Australian Air Force Sergeant 413510 (Pilot Instructor)
Posting on Death: 2 Operational Training Unit Mildura, his death was accidental, resulting from a flying exercise approximately 3 miles from the landing field at Mildura.
Collided With Wirraway A20-277 of 2 Otu Over Koorlong Near Mildura During Air Combat Practice
The crew members of A20-349 were:
Sergeant Alan Frederick Bates (413510) (Pilot under training)
Pilot Officer Geoffrey Edgar Taaffe (421099) (Staff Pilot)
The crew members of A20-277 were:
Flight Lieutenant James Stuart Menzies (250816) (Staff Pilot) Slightly injured, Discharged from the RAAF: 12 July 1946
Sergeant John Michael David Ryan (414839) (Pilot under training)
He is commemorated on the Roll of Honour in Burwood NSW, also his name is located at panel 112 in the Commemorative Area at the Australian War Memorial (as indicated by the poppy on the plan).
Son of Lionel Frederick and Edna Muriel Bates, of Croydon Park, New South Wales.
Royal Australian Air Force Sergeant 413510 (Pilot Instructor)
Posting on Death: 2 Operational Training Unit Mildura, his death was accidental, resulting from a flying exercise approximately 3 miles from the landing field at Mildura.
Collided With Wirraway A20-277 of 2 Otu Over Koorlong Near Mildura During Air Combat Practice
The crew members of A20-349 were:
Sergeant Alan Frederick Bates (413510) (Pilot under training)
Pilot Officer Geoffrey Edgar Taaffe (421099) (Staff Pilot)
The crew members of A20-277 were:
Flight Lieutenant James Stuart Menzies (250816) (Staff Pilot) Slightly injured, Discharged from the RAAF: 12 July 1946
Sergeant John Michael David Ryan (414839) (Pilot under training)
He is commemorated on the Roll of Honour in Burwood NSW, also his name is located at panel 112 in the Commemorative Area at the Australian War Memorial (as indicated by the poppy on the plan).
Son of Lionel Frederick and Edna Muriel Bates, of Croydon Park, New South Wales.
Inscription
413510 Sergeant
A. F. Bates
Royal Australian Air Force
21st January 1943 Age 19
Age Shall Not Weary Him
Nor The Years Condemn
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