Service: Royal Australian Air Force No. 524 Squadron, RAF
Service number: 410789
Locality on Enlistment: ‘Mundarra’ Princes Highway, Colac West
Duration of Service: 31 Jan 1942 – 9 Jul 1944
Prisoner of War: No
Honours: None for display
Date and Place of Birth: 20 Mar 1923, Geelong
Parents: Jack RUSSELL and Elsie ELLIOT
Spouse: None
School/s: Shelford Primary School
Occupation: Farmhand
Date and Place of Death: 9 Jul 1944, Off Dutch coast
Place of Burial: Runnymede Memorial UK, Panel 259
NOTES: Reginald embarked at Melbourne on 03 Feb 1943 for Canada and UK. Whilst serving with 524 Squadron RAF, he was killed in a flying battle off the Dutch coast on 9 July 1944, aged 21. Information received through International Red Cross from German authorities that the body of one Royal Air Force member of W.O. Russell’s crew, Sergeant W.I. Howitt, was washed ashore. No further news of the remainder of the crew.