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FLGOFF William John Lamerton 407900

1940-03-24 Darwin. RAAF Spitfire Squadrons at Darwin. F/O J. Lamerton climbs into his plane. (Negative by H. Turner).
Squadron/s452 SQN
Rank On Discharge/Death Flying Officer (FLGOFF)
NicknameBill
Mustering / SpecialisationPilot
Date of Birth14 Jan 1920
Date of Enlistment03 Feb 1941
Date of Death30 Jun 1943
Contributing Author/sDavid Hamilton and Ron Rigg
Updated by Vince Conant July 2013
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Bill was born on the 14/1/20 in College Park, S.A.

He enlisted on the 3/2/41 and the records show that he was DD 30/6/43 (Discharged Dead).

The confirmatory memorandum notes his death followed a flying accident after his engine malfunctioned during a sortie.

He rests in the Adelaide River war cemetery, see photo.



RAAF Spitfire 452 Squadron at Darwin. Left to right; 407900 Flying Officer (F/O) William John Lamerton, F/O R Williams, Sergeant F Turnbull, F/O J D Young, F/O D Downes.
Strauss, NT. c. June 1943. Informal outdoors portrait of Flying Officer (F/O) Bertie Watkins of Qld (left) and F/O W. J. Lamerton of SA, of NO. 452 (Spitfire) Squadron RAAF.
24-03-1943. Darwin. Members of an RAAF Spitfire Squadron play cards at their base in Darwin. Left to right – F/O J. Gould, F/O. K. Bassett, F/O D. Downes, F/Lt. E. Hall (standing), F/O J. Young, F/O R. Williams F/O W.J. Lamerton. (negative by H. Turner).
Adelaide River War Cemetry

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452 SQN

No. 452 Squadron RAAF was the first Australian squadron formed under Article XV of the Empire Air Training Scheme (EATS) in Britain during the Second World War. Its first person...

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