LEST WE FORGET
Leading Aircraftman James Oliver BORAIN
Service No: 404011
Born: Ipswich QLD, 20 November 1921
Enlisted in the RAAF: 26 April 1940
Unit: No. 2 Service Flying Training School, Wagga Wagga NSW
Died: Aircraft Accident (No. 2 Service Flying Training School Anson aircraft R3540), Wagga Wagga, 6 September 1940, Aged 18 Years
Buried: Cremated
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Charles Norman and Jean Alexandria Borain, of Wellers Mill
Roll of Honour: Unknown
Remembered: Mount Thompson Crematorium Memorial, Mount Gravatt QLD
Remembered: Panel 115, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
At about 1450 hours on 6 September 1940, Avro Anson R3540 broke up in mid air and crashed at the Wagga Wagga Experimental Farm. The aircraft had entered a steep dive leading to a partial collapse of its structure followed by an uncontrollable spiral into the ground. The three crew members who were all killed were:
Leading Aircraftman James Oliver Borain (404011) (Trainee Pilot)
Leading Aircraftman Leslie Robert Taylor (407084) (Trainee Pilot)
Flying Officer John Francis Durban Weston (252) (Pilot)
References:
Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour On-Line Records
Commonwealth War Graves Commission On-Line Records
Department of Veteran’s Affairs On-Line WWII Nominal Roll
National Archives of Australia On-Line Record A9845, 68
Bibliography:
Wilson, S. (Stewart) Anson, Hudson and Sunderland in Australian Service, Aerospace Publications Weston Creek ACT 2611, 1992