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CROSS, Ronald Henry

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rank: F/Sgt
status: survived
airforce: RAAF    (no: 419163 )
born: 1915-08-01 KILCUNDA Australia

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Joined 32 Squadron 6th August 1944 from No.1 base personnel depot.

Next of Kin - Hector Cross

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Squadrons:

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RAF 32 1944-08-01

Aircraft:

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Posted to 32 Squadron from No.1 base personnel depot. 1944-08-06
LZ815 4 Spits bombed junction at Hum, hits on secondary road. Direct hits on rail buildings. 1625 - 1825 1944-08-16
MA291 Airborne with Sgt Tooze, escort Hurricanes of 6 squadron to Pag island. 1944-08-17
EP343 Four Spit sortie (nothing written) 0930 - 1115 1944-08-21
JK188 Armed recce with W/O Lamb Yanina area & bombed bridge Noth of town. Hits claimed on structure by road still serviceable. 1944-08-22
JK188 Airborne with F/Lt H.Miller bombed bridge at Vovousa, no hits. 0900 - 1040 1944-08-24
JL131 Armed recce with Sgt Tooze bombed block house at Barmash. All bombs overshot hitting bridge west of target. 1745 - 1920 1944-08-25
JK360 Sweep roads Korca, Resan, Elbasan areas. M.T C/V observed not attacked. 1944-08-25
JL131 5 Spits airborne to bomb German garrisons at Stolac. 8 direct hits.1040 -1245 1944-08-29
JL131 4 Spits bombed bridge near Konjic, 4 hits 2 misses. 1944-08-31
JK131 Sweep Sarajevo to Doboj. Attacked loco's & wagons. On returning F/Sgt Cross had undercarriage problems and made a wheels up landing at base. 1944-09-02
JL173 Sweep Knin & Bihac with F/Sgt James, nothing seen. 1525 - 1820 1944-09-20
JL131 Recce with W/O Lamb 0810 - 0920 1944-09-23
Detachment sent to Arazos, western Greece. 1944-10-02
Moving to Kalamaki Anthens 1944-10-17
MA675 Carried out escort work with F/Lt Riddall 0830 - 0930 1944-10-19
MA698 4 Spits armed recce Larissa, Katerini areas. 10 M.T's left destroyed. 3 trains attacked 1 loco destroyed. 1944-10-21

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