Frank Bladin
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Gender | Male |
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Death | 46 years ago |
Date of birth | August 26,1898 |
Zodiac sign | Virgo |
Born | Korumburra |
Australia | |
Date of died | February 2,1978 |
Died | Melbourne |
Australia | |
Other name | Jonah |
Battles and wars | North Western Area Campaign |
European theatre of World War II | |
Operation Overlord | |
Commands helds | No. 1 Squadron RAAF |
Job | Aviator |
Awards | Order of the Bath |
Order of the British Empire | |
Mentioned in dispatches | |
Silver Star | |
Date of Reg. | |
Date of Upd. | |
ID | 1290199 |
Frank Bladin Life story
Air Vice Marshal Francis Masson Bladin, CB, CBE was a senior commander in the Royal Australian Air Force. Born in rural Victoria, he graduated from the Royal Military College, Duntroon, in 1920. Bladin transferred from the Army to the Air Force in 1923, and learned to fly at RAAF Point Cook, Victoria.