Personnel Index - Detail
Name
BEAVER
First Names
Reginald Edward George
Rank
Sergeant
Service
RAF
Service Number
553451
Crew Position
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner
Posting In
Posted 7/42
Flew 23 Hampden operations in a variety of crew positions.......18 as W/OP and 5 as Air Gunner.
A post-war image of LAC Beaver - after the war ended his flight crew rank was taken away.
Image courtesy of his eldest son, Bob Beaver.
The second badge down is that worn by British and Commonwealth troops serving in Japan immediately post war.
Image courtesy of the Australian War Memorial website
Reginald Beaver photographed with his wife and son in Japan.
Image courtesy of his eldest son, Bob Beaver.