Flight Sergeant Robert James Eaton

Service number 430960
Birth Date 1925-01-30
Birth Place Australia: New South Wales, Holbrook
Death Date 1945-03-02
Death Place United Kingdom
Final Rank Flight Sergeant
Service Royal Australian Air Force
Unit Path Finders Training RAF
Places
Conflict/Operation Second World War, 1939-1945
Description

Flight Sergeant Robert James Eaton enlisted to the Royal Australian Air Force on 23 April 1943. After his initial flying training, he completed navigator and air gunner training in New South Wales and Victoria. In mid-1944, Flight Sergeant Eaton travelled to England to complete his operational training and pathfinders training. On 2 March 1945, Flight Sergeant Eaton was killed during a routine training flight when his aircraft crashed near Cheddleton, Staffordshire. He is buried at Cambridge City Cemetery, Cambridgeshire, England.

Rolls

  • Roll of Honour:

    Unit
    Path Finders Training RAF
    Conflict
    Second World War, 1939-1945
    Rank
    Flight Sergeant

Timeline

Date of birth 30 January 1925
Date of enlistment 23 April 1943
Date of death 02 March 1945