Fairbairn, David

Sir David Fairbairn, KBE DFC

RAAF, 79 Squadron

Number 401427, Flight Lieutenant

Born 3^rd May 1917.  Enlisted 3^rd Febuary 1941

During World War II, he served in the 21st Light Horse Riverina Regiment from 1939 to 1941 and joined the Royal Australian Air Force in 1941. He served both in Britain, where he located the first V-1 flying bomb launching site, and in the New Guinea campaign. In 1945 he was badly wounded and discharged with the rank of Flight Lieutenant. Fairbairn had been awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross in 1944.

Discharged 21^st January 1945 as a Flight Lieutenant from 79 squadron.

After the War served as a politician with some distinction.

Died in Canberra June 1994.

Edited by David Hamilton