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FLGOFF Frederick Cheslyn White 403614

Squadron/s41 SQN RAF
452 SQN
457 SQN
Rank On Discharge/Death Flying Officer (FLGOFF)
NicknameFreddie
Mustering / SpecialisationPilot
Date of Birth19 Mar 1916
Contributing Author/sPhil Listemann
Updated by Vince Conant
May 2014, The Spitfire Association

Posted from No 55 OTU to complete his tour.

Born on the 19th of March 1916 in New South Wales and known to all as “Freddie”.

First tour in England with No. 452 (RAAF) Squadron in May and June 1942, then with No. 41 Squadron in August 1942 to January 1943.

Repatriated back to Australia and posted to No 55 OUT at the end of his tour.

No more operational postings. Had two confirmed victories, one being shared, No. 457 Squadron, Darwin, 1943.

To have flown with the famous RAF 41 Squadron and then to come home to fly with the battle-hardened 457 RAAF Squadron is testimony enough to the dedication and flying skills of Fred.



Learn more about the squadron/s in which Frederick served.

41 SQN RAF

Following the declaration of War on 3 September 1939, 41 Squadron spent the first several months on monotonous routine patrols in the north of England. At the end of May 1940, t...

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452 SQN

No. 452 Squadron RAAF was the first Australian squadron formed under Article XV of the Empire Air Training Scheme (EATS) in Britain during the Second World War. Its first person...

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457 SQN

457 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force, was formed at Baginton, near Coventry, in England on 16 June 1941 in accordance with Article XV of the Empire Air Training Scheme. Init...

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