During the Second World War, many Royal Australian Air Force personnel served in RAF Squadrons at bases and military airfields throughout Northern Ireland.
Donald Murray Gibson
Flight Sergeant | 413982
Royal Australian Air Force Flight Sergeant Donald Murray Gibson died on 15th May 1943 when Bristol Beaufort EL131 crashed at Castledawson, Co. Londonderry.
Eric George Clarke
Warrant Officer | 404206
Warrant Officer Eric George Clarke served in the Royal Australian Air Force. He died when Avro Anson N5372 came down after striking Knocklayd Mountain.
Falkner Cotton Young
Sergeant | 404354
Sergeant Falkner Cotton Young from Queensland, Australia died in Northern Ireland on 1st February 1942 while training with RAF 220 Squadron at Nutts Corner.
Francis Aloysius Connell
Flying Officer | 421168
Flying Officer Francis Aloysius Connell served in the Royal Australian Air Force with attachments to the RCAF and RAF before his death in November 1943.
George Hilton Sansome
Flight Sergeant | 423386
Flight George Hilton Sansome of the Royal Australian Air Force flew with RAF No. 1663 Heavy Conversion Unit when he died in Ireland on 7th November 1943.
Hugh Gavin Fraser
Pilot Officer | 402051
Pilot Officer Hugh Gavin Fraser died on 1st February 1942 when his Hudson came down at RAF Aldergrove, Co. Antrim. He survived a lucky escape in Australia.
John Joseph Walsh
Flight Sergeant | 422770
Australian airman Flight Sergeant John Joseph Walsh was the only fatality in the crash of Vickers Wellington LB247 on 5th November 1943 in Co. Londonderry.
John Russell Keane
Flying Officer | 409839
Australian Flying Officer John Russell Keane was flying with No. 5 Operational Training Unit from RAF Long Kesh, Co. Down when he died in November 1943.
Kenneth John Taubman
Flight Sergeant | 424560
Flight Sergeant Kenneth John Taubman of New South Wales, Australia died on 8th August 1944. He served in R.A.F 290 Squadron in Northern Ireland at the time.
