LEST WE FORGET
Flight Sergeant Jack Shaw ALEXANDER
Service No: 410935
Born: Bairnsdale VIC, 25 June 1920
Enlisted in the RAAF: 24 April 1942
Unit: No. 3 Bombing and Gunnery School, West Sale VIC
Died: Aircraft Accident (No. 3 Bombing and Gunnery School Battle aircraft L2263), near Sale, 17 November 1943, Aged 23 Years
Buried: Sale War Cemetery, Victoria
CWGC Additional Information: Son of William and Eileen Olive Alexander, of East Bairnsdale
Roll of Honour: Bairnsdale VIC
Remembered: Panel 115, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
On 17 November 1943, Fairey Battle L2263 crashed four miles south south west of Sale, Victoria, and Flight Sergeant Alexander was killed. The aircraft was on an authorised gunnery detail and it was suspected that a glycol leak obscured his vision causing him to lose control and the aircraft to crash.
The crew members of L2263 were:
Flight Sergeant Jack Shaw Alexander (410935) (Staff Pilot)
Leading Aircraftman John Robert Henry Stapleton (21552) (Trainee Gunner) Slightly injured, Discharged from the RAAF: 27 April 1946
Leading Aircraftman Keith Carmichael Toose (15826) (Trainee Gunner) Slightly injured, Discharged from the RAAF: 9 April 1946
References:
Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour On-Line Records (RAAF Casualty Information compiled by Alan Storr (409804))
Commonwealth War Graves Commission On-Line Records
Department of Veterans’ Affairs On-Line WWII Nominal Roll
National Archives of Australia On-Line Record A705, 166/3/137