CUNDERDIN WAR MEMORIAL
(Trainee Pilots of World War Two)
Western Australia
Australia
Location
Cunderdin War Memorial to Trainee Pilots of WW2 is located on the corner of West Main Street and Baxter Road, Cunderdin, Western Australia.
Theatres of War
Trainee pilots of World War Two.
This plaque commemorates the Cunderdin Meckering and Tammin young men who enlisted & did their initial flying training with the RAAF 9 elementary flying training school here at Cunderdin during WW II from 9/1/41 to 1/6/45
Chum’s Tiger Moth
This replica aircraft was built in recognition of the elementary flying training school that was established here in Cunderdin in the 1940’s
By 1941, this group had attained considerable strength with 34 Officers, 500 Airmen & 51 aircraft
All up, over 2000 young men trained as pilots for theatres of war in the Pacific and Europe.
Pictures © Mike Harris
Cunderdin War Memorial to Trainee Pilots of WW2 is located on the corner of West Main Street and Baxter Road, Cunderdin, Western Australia.
Theatres of War
Trainee pilots of World War Two.
This plaque commemorates the Cunderdin Meckering and Tammin young men who enlisted & did their initial flying training with the RAAF 9 elementary flying training school here at Cunderdin during WW II from 9/1/41 to 1/6/45
Chum’s Tiger Moth
This replica aircraft was built in recognition of the elementary flying training school that was established here in Cunderdin in the 1940’s
By 1941, this group had attained considerable strength with 34 Officers, 500 Airmen & 51 aircraft
All up, over 2000 young men trained as pilots for theatres of war in the Pacific and Europe.
Pictures © Mike Harris
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Chum's Tiger Moth
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