Albert Leske by Ned Uren

                             

Albert Victor Leske Schulz born 27 March 1914 in Kulpara, South Australia. Schulz was Son of Nathanael Reginald Robert and Anna Louise Schulz. On 26 November 1940 Albert Schulz enlisted in the Royal Australia Air Force as a Leading Aircraftman in Adelaide. Immediately Schulz was moved to the RAAF station in Darwin. on 19 February 1942 that Schulz was tragically killed at the RAAF station headquarters by a Japanese air raid at Midday. According to the Operations Record Book from the Station headquarters in Darwin Schulz was serving as a Messmen to the Headquarters. Before enlisting it was recorded that Schulz was a butler in Adelaide. His exact location of his previous job was not recorded but it presumed it was around the mid-north area of South Australia.

It was recorded that alongside Schulz and his Australian compatriots three other American men worked at the R.A.A.F and these men were tragically killed by the same Japanese air raid on Darwin. Fig 2 shows the 12 squadron R.A.A.F where Schulz was located as it was attacked a part of a Japanese air raid on Darwin.

Fig.3 Operations record book from the Station Headquarters in Darwin. Albert Schulz’s name is included a part of the casualties for both raids. (vwma.org.au) 


The R.A.A.F airbase in Darwin faced Japanese dive bombers aiming for infrastructure and different aircraft around the base. Widespread destruction was caused while buildings and aircraft faced immense destruction across two air raids on the 19th  of Feb 1942. Albert Schulz was sadly apart of the seven men who were killed and the 5 injured who were stationed at the R.A.A.F airbase. Across the two initial air-raids the allies lost a total 23 aircraft, eight ships and 255 people including civilians were killed.


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