LEST WE FORGET
Sergeant James Neate HANIGAN
Service No: 402120
Born: Hurstville NSW, 27 September 1917
Enlisted in the RAAF: 27 May 1940
Unit: No. 452 Squadron
Died: Aircraft Accident (No. 452 Squadron Spitfire aircraft), near RAF Station Kenley, 7 September 1941, Aged 24 Years
Buried: Whyteleafe (St Luke) Cemetery, Surrey, UK
CWGC Additional Information: Son of George William Percy and Amy Eliza Hanigan, of Hurstville, New South Wales, Australia
Roll of Honour: Hurstville NSW
Remembered: Panel 105, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
Remembered: Hurstville War Memorial, Hurstville NSW
On 7 September 1941, a Spitfire flown by Sergeant Hanigan, and a Spitfire flown by Sergeant Williams collided near Kenley, Surrey, and both Pilots were killed.
The Pilots were:
Sergeant James Neate Hanigan (402120) (Pilot)
Sergeant Kenneth Victor Williams (400264) (Pilot P8716)
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, 163/120/263
Register of War Memorials in New South Wales On-Line