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The commemorates Flying Officer Rodney Mellowship and his aircrew who were killed in action when their Lancaster PD230 when shot down by a night fighter after a bombing mission over Russelshiem, Germany, on the 13th August 1944 during World War Two.
Rodney Mellowship and the crew are buried in a joint grave at Hotton War Cemetery, Belgium.
Location
Address: | Esplanade & Paxton Street, Semaphore, 5019 |
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State: | SA |
Area: | AUS |
GPS Coordinates: | Lat: -34.844656 Long: 138.478212 Note: GPS Coordinates are approximate. |
Details
Monument Type: | Monument |
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Monument Theme: | People |
Sub-Theme: | Military |
Actual Event Start Date: | 12-August-1944 |
Actual Event End Date: | 12-August-1944 |
Dedication
Front Inscription
Source: MAIn memory of Flying Officer Rodney Mellowship and crew
Their duty nobly done
Erected by his mother
1957
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