Don Charlwood Military person

Donald Ernest Cameron (Don) Charlwood OAM (6 September 1915 – 18 June 2012) was an Australian author. He also worked as a farm hand, an air traffic controller, and most notably as an RAAF navigator in Bomber Command during the Second World War.While best known for No Moon Tonight, his memoir of life as a crew member in Bomber Command, Charlwood wrote a number of other biographical, fiction and non-fiction works.

Personal facts

Birth dateSeptember 06, 1915
Birth place
Victoria (Australia) , Melbourne
Date of deathJune 18, 2012
Place of death
Victoria (Australia) , Melbourne

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Military person

military operations
World War II
military branch
Royal Australian Air Force
military unit
RAF Bomber Command
No. 103 Squadron RAF
service number408794
service start1941
service end1945

Topical connections

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Don Charlwood on Wikipedia

External resources

  1. http://www.awm.gov.au/people/1074771.asp
  2. http://www.awm.gov.au/transcripts/s00568_tran.pdf
  3. http://www.burgewoodbooks.com.au
  4. http://www.elsham.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/raf_bc/20_men.html
  5. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/9490827/Don-Charlwood.html
  6. http://www.ww2roll.gov.au/Veteran.aspx?ServiceId=R&VeteranId=1043161