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Jack Frederick Vintner

Squadron/s: 451 SQN
Rank On Discharge/Death: Flying Officer (FLGOFF)
Date of Birth: 19 Jan 1924
Contributing Author/s: Compiled by Vince Conant

2016

The Spitfire Association

Date of birth - 19 Jan 1924
Place of birth - BOWRAVILLE NSW
Place of enlistment - BRISBANE
Next of Kin – VINTNER, DAPHNE

Squadron in which Jack served

451 SQN

Photographs

Corsica Flightline

RAF Station Matlaske, England. C. 1945-05. Pilots of No. 451 (Spitfire) Squadron RAAF standing around an aircraft, prior to an escort mission. Left to right: Flying Officer (FO) E. R. Newberry of Sydney, NSW; Flight Sergeant J. F. McDonald of Nagambie, Vic; Pilot Officer (PO) A. T. Roe of Condobolin, NSW; Flight Lieutenant R. H. Sutton of Vic (in cockpit); FO D. A. Cooper of Sydney, NSW, and PO W. R. Field of Sydney, NSW.

<b>Back Row</b>: F/O David A. Cooper, W/O Norman W. Stewart, W/O Sidney A. (Sid) Handsaker, W/O Colin R. (Bob) Green, W/O C. Allen Hulls. <b>Middle Row</b>: F/O Stanley J. (Ned) Kelly, F/O Edward R. (Ted) Newberry, F/O Ronald Watkins, W/O Gordon L. (Hap) Richards, F/O Jack F. Vintner, W/O Harold H. (Hop) Hopper, F/O Wilfred R. (Bob) Fields, W/O John F. McDonald, F/Lt Colin R. Pym. <b>Front Row</b>: W/O Frederick N. Ebert, F/O John R. (Jack) Evans, S/Ld Colin W. Robertson, (451 SQDN), Squadron Emblem, F/Lt David L. Fisher, F/O C. Ralph Hill, F/O Arthur T. Roe, Not Present: F/Lt Rodney Earl, F/O V. Bruce Robertson, F/O Herbert E. (Ted) Holton, F/O Joseph A. Barrington, F/O Bruce Fuller

Calvi, Corsica, France. c. 1944-07. Supermarine Spitfire Mk IX MH771 of No. 451 Squadron RAAF parked on the local airfield. (Donor H. Johnson)