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459 RAAF Squadron

 

Middle East

 

Pilot Officer Kenneth William CROOK

 

 

Service No. 423660

 

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Date of Birth:  13 January 1923

 

Place of Birth:  Marrickville, NSW

 

Date of Enlistment : 18 July 1942

 

Date of Discharge: 25 September 1945

 

Rank on Discharge:  Pilot Officer

 

Posting at Discharge : 459 Squadron ME

 

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The crew:

 

Ken Crook - (Pilot)

Alex McKinnon - (Navigator)

Murray Weaver - (Wireless Operator)

Mick Hunter - (Air Gunner)

 

 L - R : Ken Crook Pilot, Mick Hunter Gunner, Murray Weaver Wireless, Alex McKinnon Navigator

 

 

 

 

The Baltimore flown by Ken Crook

 

 

 

Palestine Railway Transport

L to R: W/O Mick Hunter, W/O McNeill, W/O K. Crook

 

Pilot - Ken Crook walked away from this Baltimore crash

(photo - Ian Robinson collection - 459)

Kenneth William CROOK