Wing Commander David Eliot Strachan Shannon

Service number 400493
Ranks Held Sergeant, Wing Commander
Birth Date 29/01/1916
Final Rank Wing Commander
Service Royal Australian Air Force
Unit No. 462 Squadron
Conflict/Operation Second World War, 1939-1945

Rolls

Timeline

Date of birth 29/01/1916
Date promoted 08/11/1941 Flight sergeant.
Date and unit at enlistment (ORs) 31/08/1941 No 99 Squadron, RAF.
Other units 05/04/1942 No 162 Squadron, RAF.
Date commissioned 15/02/1942 Pilot Officer.
Date promoted 15/08/1942 Flying Officer.
Date promoted 23/10/1943 Flight lieutenant.
Date promoted 18/08/1944 Wing commander.
Other units 31/03/1944 No 466 Squadron.
Other units 18/08/1944 Coommanding Officer of No 462 Squadron.
Date promoted 17/04/1944 Squadron leader.