GASTON Bruce Furze DFC

RAAF Born Cottesloe WA 13 April 1921 Died Dalkeith WA 18 May 2016

Service No: 406646. 1940 Joined Royal Australian Air Force. Served in United Kingdom Royal Air Force Coastal Command. As Captain of Liberator 1943 was credited with sinking German Submarine U266 North Atlantic. 1945 As Flying Instructor Royal Air Force, Officer Training Unit, Nassau, Bahamas. Member Royal Australian Air Force Association. Awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross (Imperial) (DFC) – 86 Squadron RAF: 2 June 1944. Author of Aircrew for the Duration (1990). Vale.