LEST WE FORGET
Leading Aircraftman Eric James HOLT
Service No: 431775
Born: Melbourne VIC, 6 August 1925
Enlisted in the RAAF: 13 August 1943
Unit: No. 7 Elementary Flying Training School, Western Junction TAS
Died: Aircraft Accident (No. 7 Elementary Flying Training School Tiger Moth aircraft A17-274), near Western Junction, 27 January 1944, Aged 18 Years
Buried: Carr Villa General Cemetery, Launceston TAS
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Eric William and Irene Ellen Holt, of Moonee Ponds, Victoria
Roll of Honour: Essendon VIC
Remembered: Panel 116, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
On 27 January 1944, Tiger Moths T5411 and A17-274 collided in full light during solo flying practices, and crashed at 0750 hours, two miles south west of Western Junction aerodrome, Tasmania. Both the trainee pilots lost their lives.
The Pilots were:
Leading Aircraftman Eric James Holt (431775) (Trainee Pilot A17-274) Died of Injuries
Leading Aircraftman Harold Reginald Taylor (53567) (Trainee Pilot T5411)
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 A9301, A9845, 87