CREW MEMBER PROFILE |
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Surname: |
MCSTAY |
First Name/s: |
Robert James Lionel |
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Service No/s: |
426661 |
Service: |
RAAF |
Branch: |
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner |
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Awards: |
1939-45 Star, France & Germany Star, Defence Medal, 1939-45 War Medal |
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SERVICE RECORDS |
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Date |
Event |
Aircraft Flown |
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11 Dec 1941 |
Applied for aircrew RAAF, No.3 Recruiting Centre, Brisbane, QLD |
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26 Dec 1941 |
Enrolled in the Reserve, Toowoomba |
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18 Jul 1942 |
No.3 Initial Training School, Sandgate, QLD |
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12 Sep 1942 |
Promoted to Leading Aircraftsman |
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15 Sep 1942 |
No.3 Wireless Air Gunner School, 30 Course, Maryborough, QLD |
CAC Wackett (CA-6) |
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08 Mar 1943 |
1 B&GS, 30 (Air Gunners Course), Evans Head, NSW |
Battle |
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01 Apr 1943 |
Awarded AG Flying Badge & promoted to Sergeant |
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11 Apr 1943 |
No.3 Embarkation Depot, Sandgate, QLD |
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25 May 1943 |
No.1 Embarkation Depot, Ascot Vale, VIC |
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30 May 1943 |
No.4 Embarkation Depot, Mitcham, SA |
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06 Jun 1943 |
Embarked Adelaide (vessel not known) |
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04 Sep 1943 |
Disembarked UK (port not known) |
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05 Sep 1943 |
No.11 Personnel Despatch and Reception Centre, Brighton |
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01 Oct 1943 |
Promoted to Flight Sergeant |
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28 Oct 1943 |
Air Crew NCO School, Whitley Bay |
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23 Nov 1943 |
No.3 (Observers) Advanced Flying Unit, 170 (WOp/AG) Course, Halfpenny Green |
Anson |
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15 Feb 1944 |
No.18 Operational Training Unit, Finningley & Worksop. (RW Brown crew formed) |
Wellington |
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15 May 1944 |
No.11 Base, Lindholme, for Heavy Conversion Unit and Lancaster Finishing School |
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22 May 1944 |
No.1662 Heavy Conversion Unit, Blyton |
Halifax |
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01 Jun 1944 |
No.1 Lancaster Finishing School, Hemswell (exact date not known) |
Lancaster |
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08 Jul 1944 |
No.576 Squadron, 'B' Flight, Elsham Wolds |
Lancaster |
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29 Jul 1944 |
Admitted to the Luftwaffe Hospital in Strasbourg. |
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29 Aug 1944 |
Transferred to Meiningen Hospital |
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01 Oct 1944 |
Promoted to Warrant Officer |
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27 Nov 1944 |
Interned in Stalag Luft 7, Bankau, as POW No.52473 |
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24 Jan 1945 |
Transferred to Stalag IIIa, Luckenwalde |
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22 May 1945 |
Released by the Russians and handed over to the Americans |
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23 May 1945 |
No.11 Personnel Despatch and Reception Centre, Brighton (date to be confirmed) |
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01 Jul 1945 |
Embarked UK - exact date, port and vessel not known |
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09 Sep 1945 |
No.2 Personnel Depot, Bradfield Park, Sydney, NSW |
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04 Oct 1945 |
No.3 Medical Rehabilitation Unit, Southport, QLD |
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10 Oct 1945 |
No.3 Personnel Depot, Sandgate, QLD (exact date not known). For discharge. |
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09 Nov 1945 |
Discharged from the RAAF |
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576 Squadron FLYING RECORDS |
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Date |
Aircraft |
Code |
Flight Details |
T/O |
Land |
Flt Time |
Crew |
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23 Jul 1944 |
ME800 |
UL-W2 |
KIEL |
2250 |
0415 |
5h25 |
P1 Plt Off R.W. Brown RAAF |
NOTES: |
Target: German Naval Base, canal, and harbour. Load: 1x 4000lb 'cookie', 8x 500lb bombs, and 5x 500lb 'J' Type incendiary cluster, or 1x 4000lb 'cookie', 16x 500lb bombs, tbc. |
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24 Jul 1944 |
ME800 |
UL-W2 |
STUTTGART |
2130 |
0635 |
9h05 |
P1 Plt Off R.W. Brown RAAF |
NOTES: |
Target: Built-up area. Load: 1x 2000lb bomb, 12x clusters, each containing 14x 30lb 'J' Type incendiaries. |
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28 Jul 1944 |
LL799 |
UL-N2 |
STUTTGART |
2135 |
FTR |
nk |
P1 Fg Off R.W. Brown RAAF |
NOTES: |
Target: Engineering workshops. Load: 1x 4000lb 'cookie', 11x 500lb bombs. |
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PERSONAL INFORMATION |
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Personal Records Restricted - not available to the public |
PHOTOS & DOCUMENTS |
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Personal Documents Restricted - not available to the public |
