LEST WE FORGET

Leading Aircraftman James Graham CAMERON

Service No: 64456
Born: Marrickville NSW, 31 January 1924
Enlisted in the RAAF: 11 May 1942
Unit: No. 5 Service Flying Training School, Uranquinty NSW
Died: Aircraft Accident (No. 5 Service Flying Training School Wirraway aircraft A20-608), Uranquinty, 11 April 1944, Aged 20 Years
Buried: Wagga Wagga War Cemetery, NSW
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Dr. William Wallace Cameron and Kathleen Finney Cameron, of Mudgee
Roll of Honour: Mudgee NSW
Remembered: Panel 115, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
Remembered: Mudgee Soldiers Club WW2 Roll of Honour, Mudgee NSW
Remembered: Dungog and District Honour Roll 1939-1945, Dungog NSW
Remembered: Morongla Creek WWll Roll of Honor, Morongla Creek NSW
Remembered: University of Sydney World War 2 Roll of Honour, Camperdown NSW

On 11 April 1944, Wirraway A20-608 flown solo by Leading Aircraftman Cameron was engaged in a solo night lying exercise. After a bad landing, he attempted to go round again, and apparently lost control of the aircraft and it crashed at 1940 hours 2 miles south of the Uranquinty aerodrome and he 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, 166/7/969; A9845, 198
Register of War Memorials in New South Wales On-Line

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