LEST WE FORGET
Sergeant Stanley Laurence JAY
Service No: 411915
Born: Bankstown NSW, 30 May 1922
Enlisted in the RAAF: 21 June 1941
Died: Aircraft Accident (No. 10 Elementary Flying Training School Tiger Moth aircraft A17-332), Temora, 8 December 1942, Aged 20 Years
Buried: Temora General Cemetery, NSW
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Arthur Harold and Charlotte Annie Jay, of Lakemba
Roll of Honour: Lakemba NSW
Remembered: Panel 116, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
Remembered: Former Commercial Banking Company of Sydney Head Office Honour Rolls, Sydney NSW
At 2010 hours on 8 December 1942, Tiger Moths A17-444 and A17-332 collided in mid-air during circuit and landings practice flight and both crews were killed. The collision occurred at a height of 1,000 feet and the aircraft crashed in Brays Paddock, one mile south east of the Temora aerodrome.
The crew members of A17-332 were:
Leading Aircraftman Kent Blight Bussell (422405) (Trainee Dual Pilot)
Sergeant Stanley Laurence Jay (411915) (Instructor Pilot)
The Pilot of A17-444 was:
Leading Aircraftman Norman Cecil Beves (423599) (Trainee Pilot)
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, 163/126/153; A9845, 87
Register of War Memorials in New South Wales On-Line