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F/Lt. Ernest "Birch" Birchley

Royal Australia Air Force No. 42 Squadron

from:Brisbane, Australia

My father, Ernest Birchley was flying Beaufort Bombers and stationed at RAf Leuchars during 1941 and 1942. He was shot down while attacking the Prinz Eugen in 1942 and spent the remainder of the war as a POW in Stalag Luft 3 in Germany.

He returned to Brisbane after the war and studied law which he practiced in Innisfail, Queensland until he retired. He married Wendy Irving and had 5 children, 4 boys and a girl. He died in January 1995 and is buried in Innisfail.



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