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FLTLT John Kirk Bann 0210123, 402716

Squadron/s451 SQN
Rank On Discharge/Death Flight Lieutenant (FLTLT)
Mustering / SpecialisationPilot
Date of Birth16 May 1917
Contributing Author/sCompiled by Vince Conant, 2016
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Date of Birth: 16/05/1917
Place of Birth: NSW
Conflict: WW2



Egypt, 1943. Pilot J.K. "Kirk" Bann and "Ken" Watts, of 451 Squadron RAAF, pose against the squadron's special Supermarine Spitfire aircraft which made a record altitude of 49,000 feet over Alexandria in 1943. (Donor J.S. Archbold)

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451 SQN

No. 451 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force was raised at Bankstown, on the outskirts of Sydney, on 12 February 1941. Formed under Article XV of the Empire Air Training Scheme,...

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