LEST WE FORGET
Flying Officer John Francis Durban WESTON
Service No: 252
Born: Sydney NSW, 10 April 1917
Enlisted in the RAAF: 17 January 1938 (at RAAF Station Point Cook VIC)
Unit: No. 2 Service Flying Training School, Wagga Wagga NSW
Died: Aircraft Accident (No. 2 Service Flying Training School Anson aircraft R3540), Wagga Wagga, 6 September 1940, Aged 23 Years
Buried: Cremated
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Walter Cyril and Marion Elizabeth Weston, of Edgecliff
Roll of Honour: Sydney NSW
Remembered: New South Wales Crematorium Memorial, Rookwood NSW
Remembered: Panel 117, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
At about 1450 hours on 6 September 1940, Avro Anson R3540 broke up in mid air and crashed at the Wagga Wagga Experimental Farm. The aircraft had entered a steep dive leading to a partial collapse of its structure followed by an uncontrollable spiral into the ground. The three crew members who were all killed were:
Leading Aircraftman James Oliver Borain (404011) (Trainee Pilot)
Leading Aircraftman Leslie Robert Taylor (407084) (Trainee Pilot)
Flying Officer John Francis Durban Weston (252) (Pilot)
References:
Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour On-Line Records
Commonwealth War Graves Commission On-Line Records
Department of Veteran’s Affairs On-Line WWII Nominal Roll
National Archives of Australia On-Line Record A9845, 68
Bibliography:
Wilson, S. (Stewart) Anson, Hudson and Sunderland in Australian Service, Aerospace Publications Weston Creek ACT 2611, 1992