RAAF airmen on the set of the BBC's Anzac Hour radio show, 1942. Catanach is in the centre (in uniform).
Birth name
James Catanach
Nickname(s)
Jim
Born
(1921-11-28)28 November 1921 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Died
29 March 1944(1944-03-29) (aged 22) near Kiel, Free State of Prussia, Nazi Germany
Buried
Poznan Old Garrison Cemetery, Poland
Allegiance
Australia
Service/branch
Royal Australian Air Force
Years of service
1940–44
Rank
Squadron Leader
Service number
Aus.400364
Unit
No. 455 Squadron RAAF
Battles/wars
World War II
Channel Front (POW)
Awards
Distinguished Flying Cross, Mentioned in despatches
James Catanach (28 November 1921 – 29 March 1944) was an Australian Handley Page Hampden bomber pilot who was taken prisoner during the Second World War. Reportedly the youngest squadron leader bomber pilot in the Royal Australian Air Force at the age of twenty, he took part in the 'Great Escape' from Stalag Luft III in March 1944 and was one of the men re-captured and murdered by the Gestapo.
JamesCatanach (28 November 1921 – 29 March 1944) was an Australian Handley Page Hampden bomber pilot who was taken prisoner during the Second World War...
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Captain Arthur Bagot GC, DSC Albert Medal recipient Squadron Leader JamesCatanach DFC World War II bomber pilot and prisoner of war, took part in the...
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Escape". He teamed up with fellow Norwegian Nils Jørgen Fuglesang, JamesCatanach, an Australian who was fluent in German and spoke Norwegian, and the...
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Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. pp. 51, 298. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4. Catanach, T.A.; Halley...
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Victoria: A Personal History. Harper Collins. p. 221. ISBN 0-00-638843-4. Catanach, I. J. (1970). Rural credit in western India, 1875–1930; rural credit and...
Genetics. 11 (10). doi:10.1093/g3journal/jkab229. PMC 8473972. PMID 34568914. Catanach A, Ruigrok M, Bowatte D, Davy M, Storey R, Valenza-Troubat N, et al. (November...
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