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No. 85 Squadron, RAAF

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Personnel Rolls

Commanding Officers

Squadron Leader
DALY, HILSON CHRISTOPHER NEWTON
Royal Australian Air Force
From 15 February 1943
Squadron Leader
JAMES, KENNETH ELWIN
Royal Australian Air Force
From 5 September 1944
Squadron Leader
LEWIS, MICHAEL STANLEY
Royal Australian Air Force
From 27 March 1945

Roll of Honour

Pilot Officer
ARMSTRONG, BRIAN ANDREW
Royal Australian Air Force
Missing 3 October 1943
Corporal
LOWES, RICHARD THOMAS
Royal Australian Air Force
Died 14 November 1944
Flight Sergeant
MCDONALD, ARCHIE HAROLD DUNCAN
Royal Australian Air Force
Died 2 October 1943
Leading Aircraftman
SULLIVAN, MAURICE
Royal Australian Air Force
Died 30 May 1943
Flight Sergeant
TURNBULL, WILLIAM JAMES
Royal Australian Air Force
Died 27 December 1943
Sergeant
WILLIAMS, BRUCE PRICE
Royal Australian Air Force
Died 28 May 1943
Leading Aircraftman
WILLIAMSON, JOHN ERNEST JAMES
Royal Australian Air Force
Died 4 July 1944
Sergeant
WOLF, BOYD OLWYN
Royal Australian Air Force
Died 22 September 1943

Nominal Roll

Aircraft Lists

  • CAC Boomerang (14)

Archival Material

National Archives of Australia

Series No. Control Symbol Item Title Digitised Item Item ID
A9186 115 RAAF unit history sheets (form A50) [Operations Record Book - Forms A50 and A51] number 85 squadron February 1943 to October 1945 1160751

External Links

References

Eather, S. 1995, Flying Squadrons of the Australian Defence Force. Weston Creek: Aerospace Publications.

RAAF Historical Section 1995, Fighter Units. Units of the Royal Australian Air Force: A Concise History, v. 2. Canberra: Australian Government Publishing Service.

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