Wing Commander Louis Thomas Spence

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Service number 839, 270839, O11315
Ranks Held Squadron Leader, Wing Commander
Birth Date 04/04/1917
Birth Place Australia: Queensland, Bundaberg
Death Date 09/09/1950
Death Place Korea
Final Rank Wing Commander
Service Royal Australian Air Force
Units
  • No. 3 Squadron
  • No. 77 Squadron
  • No. 77 Squadron
Places
Event The Last Post Ceremony commemorating the service of (O11315) Wing Commander Louis Thomas Spence, No. 77 Squadron, Korean War, 1950-1953
Conflicts/Operations
  • Second World War, 1939-1945
  • Second World War, 1939-1945
  • British Commonwealth Occupation Force, 1946-1952 (Japan)
  • Korean War, 1950-1953

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    LIBYA. 1942-01-01. FLYING OFFICERS L. SPENCE AND G. PAGE OF NO. 3 SQUADRON, RAAF HAVING THEIR NEW ...

    LIBYA. 1942-01. FLYING OFFICER L. SPENCE WITH A DOG WHICH ATTACHED ITSELF TO NO. 3 SQUADRON, RAAF

    LIBYA. 1942-01. FLYING OFFICER L. SPENCE WITH A DOG WHICH ATTACHED ITSELF TO NO. 3 SQUADRON, RAAF

    LIBYA. 1942-01. FLYING OFFICER L. SPENCE WITH A DOG WHICH ATTACHED ITSELF TO NO. 3 SQUADRON, RAAF

    NO 77 SQUADRON RAAF PILOTS DISCUSS EARLY KOREAN OPERATIONS WITH THE COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF, BCOF, ...

    Iwakuni, Japan. 1950-08-22. Lieutenant General George E. Stratemeyer, Commanding General of the ...

    The Mustang aircraft A68-809 flown by Wing Commander L. T. Spence DFC, when commanding No. 77 ...

    The Mustang aircraft A68-809 flown by Wing Commander L. T. Spence DFC, when commanding No. 77 ...

    The Mustang aircraft A68-809 flown by Wing Commander L. T. Spence DFC, when commanding No. 77 ...

    The Mustang aircraft A68-809 flown by Wing Commander L. T. Spence DFC, when commanding No. 77 ...

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Date of birth 04/04/1917
Date promoted 26/08/1940 Pilot officer.
Other units 28/10/1940 No 25 Squadron.
Date and unit at enlistment (ORs) 06/03/1940 Air cadet.
Date promoted 26/02/1941 Flying officer.
Other units 09/1941 No 3 Squadron.
Date returned to Australia 1942
Other units 1942 No 2 Operational Training Unit.
Date promoted 01/04/1942 Flight lieutenant.
Other units 03/02/1943 Commanding Officer No 452 Squadron.
Date promoted 01/07/1944 Squadron leader.
Date promoted 01/02/1944 ACting squadron leader.
Other units 1945 Commanding Officer No 8 Operational Training Unit.
Other units 1946 RAAF Station Canberra.
Other units 09/1947 Military mission, Java.
Other units 11/1947 RAAF College Point Cook.
Date of death 09/09/1950
Date promoted 02/1950 Wing commander.
Other units 1950 Commanding Officer No 77 Squadron.

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