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The commemorates Flying Officer Rodney Mellowship and his aircrew who were killed in action when their Lancaster PD230 when shot down by a night fighter after a bombing mission over Russelshiem, Germa­ny, on the 13th August 1944 during World War Two.

Rodney Mellowship and the crew are buried in a joint grave at Hotton War Cemetery, Belgium. 

 

 

Location

Address:Esplanade & Paxton Street, Semaphore, 5019
State:SA
Area:AUS
GPS Coordinates:Lat: -34.844656
Long: 138.478212
Note: GPS Coordinates are approximate.
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Details

Monument Type:Monument
Monument Theme:People
Sub-Theme:Military
Actual Event Start Date:12-August-1944
Actual Event End Date:12-August-1944

Dedication

Front Inscription

In memory of Flying Officer Rodney Mellowship and crew

Their duty no­bly done

Erected by his mother

1957

 

Source: MA
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