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PLTOFF · 412047

Richard Arthur John York

Squadron/s
453 SQN
Rank On Discharge/Death
Pilot Officer (PLTOFF)
Mustering / Specialisation
Pilot
Contributing Author/s
Compiled by Vince Conant

2017

The Spitfire Association


Date of birth - 10 Mar 1922 : Place of birth - WEST MAITLAND NSW : Place of enlistment - SYDNEY : Next of Kin - YORK RICHARD

Squadron in which Richard served

Photographs

RAF Station Matlaske, England. C. 1945-05. Pilots of No. 453 (Spitfire) Squadron RAAF. Left to right: Flying Officer N. R. Adams of Kerang, Vic; Pilot Officer (PO) R. A. York of West Maitland, NSW; PO R. Peters of Armidale, NSW; PO W. Mace of St George, Qld; PO C. A. M. Taylor of Sydney, NSW; PO D. Johns of Ungarie, NSW and PO R. Lyall of Geelong, Vic.
RAF Station Matlaske, England. C. 1945-05. Pilots of No. 453 (Spitfire) Squadron RAAF. Left to right: Flying Officer N. R. Adams of Kerang, Vic; Pilot Officer (PO) R. A. York of West Maitland, NSW; PO R. Peters of Armidale, NSW; PO W. Mace of St George, Qld; PO C. A. M. Taylor of Sydney, NSW; PO D. Johns of Ungarie, NSW and PO R. Lyall of Geelong, Vic.
Settling in at RAF station Skaebrae after the move of No. 453 (Spitfire) Squadron RAAF are 412047 Flight Sergeant (Flt Sgt, later Flying Officer) Richard Arthur John York of Maitland, NSW, stoking the fire, and 409147 F Sgt (later Pilot Officer [PO]) Kenneth Charles Kinross of Essendon Vic. PO Kinross was killed in aerial combat with 453 Squadron near Bayeaux, France on 24 July 1944.
Settling in at RAF station Skaebrae after the move of No. 453 (Spitfire) Squadron RAAF are 412047 Flight Sergeant (Flt Sgt, later Flying Officer) Richard Arthur John York of Maitland, NSW, stoking the fire, and 409147 F Sgt (later Pilot Officer [PO]) Kenneth Charles Kinross of Essendon Vic. PO Kinross was killed in aerial combat with 453 Squadron near Bayeaux, France on 24 July 1944.