LEST WE FORGET
Leading Aircraftman Kevin France SLAWESKI
Service No: 419346
Born: Murrumbeena VIC, 25 January 1924
Enlisted in the RAAF: 18 July 1942
Unit: No. 7 Service Flying Training School, Deniliquin NSW
Died: Injuries from an Aircraft Accident (No. 7 Service Flying Training School Wirraway aircraft A20-166 on 30 January 1943), Deniliquin, 5 February 1943, Aged 19 Years
Buried: Deniliquin War Cemetery, NSW
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Boleslas and Frances Slaweski, of Murrumbeena, Victoria
Roll of Honour: Melbourne VIC
Remembered: Panel 116, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
On a circuit and landings exercise on 30 January 1943, Wirraway A20-166 failed to make a clear take off run and struck the top of trees when about 20 feet in the air and both crew members were dangerously injured in the accident.
The crew members of A20-166 were:
Flying Officer Lyn Geoffrey Reginald Knight (408032) (Instructor Pilot) Died: 2 February 1943
Leading Aircraftman Kevin France Slaweski (419346) (Trainee Dual Pilot) Died: 5 February 1943
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, 166/37/19; A9845, 107
Register of War Memorials in New South Wales On-Line