241426 WO. William Frederick Selwood "Buff" Dane Royal Australian Air Force 50 Squadron from:Granville, Sydney, Australia My father William Dane joined the RAAF as soon as he turned 18 in 1942. After many months of training in Australia he sailed to Canada for more training and then on to England where he joined an aircrew at RAF Skellingthorpe in Lincoln. Dad was a wireless operator and survived his missions and returned to Australia in October 1945. In June 1945 he married an English girl who had spent 3 years working in a munitions factory. Mary came out to Australia on a ship the Athlone Castle with 1200 other brides in April 1946.
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