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PLTOFF Richard Arthur John York 412047

Squadron/s453 SQN
Rank On Discharge/Death Pilot Officer (PLTOFF)
Mustering / SpecialisationPilot
Contributing Author/sCompiled by Vince Conant
2017
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Date of birth - 10 Mar 1922 : Place of birth - WEST MAITLAND NSW : Place of enlistment - SYDNEY : Next of Kin - YORK RICHARD



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.
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.

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453 SQN

No. 453 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force was formed at Bankstown in New South Wales on 23 May 1941. Formed under Article XV of the Empire Air Training Scheme, the squadron w...

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