LEST WE FORGET
Warrant Officer Ian RENNISON
Service No: 419704
Born: Horsham VIC, 16 December 1923
Enlisted in the RAAF: 12 September 1942
Unit: No. 3 Squadron
Died: Air Operations: (No. 3 Squadron Mustang aircraft KH617), Italy, 21 February 1945, Aged 21 Years
Buried: Udine War Cemetery, Italy
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Charles and Daphne Mabel Rennison, of Boronia, Victoria, Australia
Roll of Honour: Unknown
Remembered: Panel 98, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
On 21 February 1945, Mustang KH617 flown by Warrant Officer was one off our aircraft detailed to bomb a rail bridge east of Casarza in Northern Italy. The target was very heavily defended and pilots flying behind KH617 reported that after entering its bomb dive, the aircraft was seen to go out of control and crash in the ground close to the target. KH617 was apparently hit by anti-aircraft fire and Warrant Officer Rennison was killed.
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, 166/35/475