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WHEELER, Richard Norman

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rank: W/O
status: survived
airforce: RAAF    (no: 403233 )
born: 1920-07-26 KOGARAH Australia

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3 Squadron (RAAF) 25th August 1943

451 squadron (RAAF) 23rd October 1944

249 squadron (RAF) 22nd November 1944, flying Mustang lll's up until April 1945.

Next of Kin - WHEELER NINAH

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AirforceSqdrnDate
RAAF 8 1943-08-01
RAAF 451 1944-10-01
RAF 249 1944-11-01
RAAF 3 1943-12-01

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Posted to 249 squadron 1944-11-03
32 Squadron moving to (prkos) Yugoslavia. No operational flying until 21st April. 1945-04-14
32 Squadron converted to Spitfires from Mustangs 1945-04-22
Germany's unconditional surrender 1945-05-08
Practice flying 1945-05-11
MA533 Zara to Biferno 0715 - 0815 1945-05-16
MJ719 Biferno to Bari with W/O A.Rogers for temp duties 1030 - 1110 1945-05-22
MJ719 Bari to Biferno 1945-05-23
MJ719 Local flying & aerobatics 1945-05-24
MJ712 Local flying & aerobatics 1945-05-25
MJ719 Local flying & aerobatics 1945-05-26
Definite news that our Mustangs will return to the Squadron. First ones started to arrive back 29th 1945-05-29
Posted to No.54 P.T.C 1945-06-02
MA533 Two Spits T/reece Kastav, Trieste & Fiume. 1945-06-05

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