Australian F-111 Memorials

Date Tail Call Sign SQN    Crew    Location
29 Sep 77 133 Falcon 32 6SQN Noordink/Holt    Evans Head, NSW
28 Jan 86 139 Buckshot Colt 1 1SQN Erskine/Angell (USAF)    RAAF Base Amberley
2 Apr 87 128 Falcon Sabre 1 6SQN Fallon/Pike    Tenterfield, NSW
13 Sep 93 127 Buckshot 18 1SQN McNess/Cairns-Cowan    Guyra, NSW
18 Apr 99 291 Pisces 1 6SQN Short/Hobbs    Pulau Aur, Malaysia

F-111 Monument @ RAAF Base Amberley Memorial Gardens

USAF F-111 Memorials

National Museum of the United States Air Force – Memorial Park – F-111 Memorial number: M069

F-111 ‘Vark’ Memorial Park

Veterans Park, Clovis, New Mexico near Cannon AFB
“Dedicated to our fallen comrades who perished in the F-111 defending our freedom”
etched in stone on a granite wall are the names of all 115 F-111 aircrew killed in 58 fatal accidents worldwide

The 115 names on the wall – AI spreadsheet 

The story behind the ‘Vark’ memorial, how the nine Aussie names were added, and the wreath-laying ceremony to honour the last F-111 aircrew fatalities on 29 May 99 – Vark Memorial, Clovis NM

COL Brewster, Clovis Mayor Lansford, Mike ‘Boggy’ Smith, LTCOL Tan (RSAF) & Steve Bosang

Other Memorials

RAF Lakenheath, UK – Wings of Liberty Memorial Park; the F-111 is painted to represent 70-2389, lost during Operation El Dorado Canyon: Raid on Libya

‘El Dorado Canyon’ – AIR FORCE Magazine Article  / March 1999