LEST WE FORGET
Flight Lieutenant James Alexander SEE
Service No: 412195
Born: Inverell NSW, 16 December 1921
Enlisted in the RAAF: 22 June 1941
Unit: No. 84 Squadron
Died: Aircraft Accident (No. 84 Squadron Kittyhawk aircraft A29-1185), Townsville QLD, 6 April 1945, Aged 23 Years
Buried: Townsville War Cemetery QLD
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Villiers James Graflon See and Mavis Lilla Gordon See, of Mosman, New South Wales
Roll of Honour: Edgecliffe NSW
Remembered: Panel 104, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
During a non-operational training formation exercise on 6 April1945, Kittyhawk A29-1220 and Kittyhawk A29-1185 collided in mid-air at 1440 hours approximately one mile east of the Ross River airstrip and both Pilots were killed.
The Pilots were:
Flight Lieutenant James Alexander See (412195) Pilot A29-1220
Flying Officer Keith Henry Kearney (439836) Pilot A29-1185
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, 166/37/1017; A9845, 25
Bibliography:
Ilbery, P.L.T. (Peter Leslie Thomas) (422957) Hatching an Air Force: 2SFTS, 5SFTS, 1BFTS Uranquinty and Wagga Wagga, Banner Books Maryborough QLD 4650, 2002