LEST WE FORGET
Sergeant Ian Leslie MILLINGEN
Service No: 411798
Born: Brisbane QLD, 10 October 1921
Enlisted in the RAAF: 25 May 1941 (at Sydney NSW)
Unit: No. 222 Squadron (RAF)
Died: Aircraft Accident (No. 222 Squadron Spitfire aircraft AD235), Scotland, 1 October 1942, Aged 20 Years
Buried: Dirleton Cemetery, East Lothian, Scotland
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Leslie Samuel and Violet Melita Millingen, of Glenbrook, New South Wales, Australia
Roll of Honour: Sydney NSW
Remembered: Panel 127, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
At 1035 hours on 1 October 1942 Spitfire AD235 crashed 2 miles due south of Dunbar, East Lothian, Scotland when the aircraft had a wing structural failure. Sergeant Millingen was killed in the crash.
References:
Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour On-Line Records (RAAF Casualty Information compiled by Alan Storr (409804))
Commonwealth War Graves Commission On-Line Records
Department of Veterans’ Affairs On-Line WWII Nominal Roll
National Archives of Australia On-Line Record A705, 163/144/217