CUNNINGHAM, Alan Forster
Operation Sterkrade synthetic oil plant. Part of a 320 aircraft force to bomb both Scholven-Buer and Sterkrade oil plants. Bombing was accurate but 9 aircraft were lost (2.8%).
Last Name
CUNNINGHAM
Given Names
Alan Forster
Service Number
418038
Date of Birth
14/03/1922
Birth Location
Echuca VIC.
Enlistment Date
24/04/1942
Enlistment Location
Melbourne
1Wags Start Date
04/02/1943
Course Details
WAGS Course 35
Intake Date
04/02/1943
Finish Date
26/07/1943
To
3 BAGS
Kill Date or Discharge Date
06/10/1944 (Killed)
Discharge Unit
51 SQN
Rank
Flying Officer
Operations
Missing Air ops. Target Sterkrade Germany
Date of Death
06/10/1944
Age
22
Cemetery / Memorial
Reichswald Forest War Cemetery Germany
Medals
AIr Gunners badge
Notes
Operation Sterkrade synthetic oil plant. Part of a 320 aircraft force to bomb both Scholven-Buer and Sterkrade oil plants. Bombing was accurate but 9 aircraft were lost (2.8%).
Posting on Death
51 Squadron
NAA Status
DIGITIZED
