LEST WE FORGET
Flight Sergeant John James BALES
Service No: 426488
Born: Brisbane QLD, 29 July 1923
Enlisted in the RAAF: 17 July 1942
Unit: No. 73 Operational Training Unit (RAF), RAF Station Fayid, Egypt
Died: Aircraft Accident (No. 73 Operational Training Unit Kittyhawk aircraft ET962), Egypt, 7 August 1944, Aged 21 Years
Buried: Fayid War Cemetery, Egypt
CWGC Additional Information: Son of John James Bales and Edith Lillian May Bales, of South Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Roll of Honour: Townsville QLD
Remembered: Panel 118, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
On 7 August 1944, Kittyhawk ET962 was detailed to carry out a non-operational training flight. The aircraft crashed at 1130 hours when it dived into the ground in position 30.20N 031.50E and Flight Sergeant Bales was killed.
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, 166/5/650