Australian Deaths in the RAAF/RAF. How did they occur? - Albania Tirana Park Memorial Cemetery POTTER, DENNIS HILTON Flight Sergeant 427021 624sq RAF 1/02/1944 21 Royal Australian Air Force Australian TIRANA PARK MEMORIAL CEMETERY Albania Tirana TENNANT, EDWARD DRAKE STEELE Flight Sergeant 410105 624sq RAF 1/02/1944 31 Royal Australian Air Force Australian TIRANA PARK MEMORIAL CEMETERY Albania Tirana WADDELL, PETER VICTOR Warrant Officer 401163 249sq RAF 30/03/1944 25 Royal Australian Air Force Australian TIRANA PARK MEMORIAL CEMETERY Albania Tirana
Posted by Kyt. Halifax on special duties flight but I can't find a serial Flt/Sgt. Edward Drake Steele Tennant R.A.A.F. Sgt. Francis Cecil Rudolph Burlfinger R.A.F.V.R. Sgt. George Gardner R.A.F.V.R. Flt/Sgt Dennis Hilton Potter R.A.A.F. F/O Ronald Edwin Stanley R.A.F.V.R. Sgt. James Leo Devine R.A.F.V.R.
The only info I have for Waddell is from the Australian roll of honour: Informal portrait of 401163 Warrant Officer (WO) Peter Victor Waddell of Melbourne, Vic, standing on the deck of the Polish steamer Narvick, which rescued him and seven other Australian sergeant pilots after the arcades was torpedoed. WO Waddell later served with 249 Squadron, RAF and was later lost on operations on 30 March 1944 over Albania. Photo here: AWM Collection Record: P03809.006 - Informal portrait of 401163 Warrant Officer (WO) Peter Victor Waddell of Melbourne, Vic, standing on the deck of the Polish steamer Narvick, which rescued him and seven other Australian sergeant ...
Posted by Dave Barlow: (After saying I was not going to post on this thread again, here I am) Just a few things to add to what is already loaded for the three burials in Albania: WADDELL, PETER VICTOR / Warrant Officer / 401163 / 249sq RAF - 30/03/1944 File type - Casualty - Repatriation; Aircraft - Spitfire VC JK596; Place - Durazzo, Albania; Date - 30 March 1944 ************************************************** ****** POTTER, DENNIS HILTON / Flight Sergeant / 427021 / 624sq RAF - 1/02/1944 TENNANT, EDWARD DRAKE STEELE / Flight Sergeant / 410105 / 624sq RAF - 1/02/1944 File type - Casualty - Repatriation; Aircraft - Halifax DBB 44; Place - Tirana, Albania; Date - 1 February 1944 (624 (SD) SQN MAAF) CREW LIST – TENNANT, Edward Drake Steele - (Flight Sergeant); Service Number - 410105 POTTER, DENNIS HILTON – (Flight Sergeant); Service Number – 427021 STANLEY, Ronald Edwin – (Pilot Officer); Service Number – RAF 136869 BURLEFINGER, Francis Cecil Rudolph – (Sergeant); Service Number – RAF 1317535 DEVINE, James Leo – (Sergeant); Service Number – RAF 1503292 Gardner, George - (Sergeant); Service Number – RAF 2214238
