SCASCIGHINI, James Edgar
Service Number: | 2350 |
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Enlisted: | 24 August 1936 |
Last Rank: | Flying Officer |
Last Unit: | No. 7 Elementary Flying Training School Western Junction |
Born: | Traralgon, Victoria, Australia, 6 June 1913 |
Home Town: | Burnley, Yarra, Victoria |
Schooling: | Unknown |
Occupation: | Engineer |
Died: | Aircraft accident, Cressy, Tasmania, Australia, 4 February 1942, aged 28 years |
Cemetery: |
Burwood General Cemetery, Victoria, Australia Methodist Plot. Sec. A. Row B. Grave 22 |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Evandale No 7 Flying Training School Memorial |
World War 2 Service
24 Aug 1936: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flying Officer, No. 7 Elementary Flying Training School Western Junction | |
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24 Aug 1936: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flying Officer, 2350 | |
3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Flying Officer, 2350 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by David Barlow
Son of James Albert and May Eliza Scascighini
Husband of Violet Isabell Scascighini of Burnley, Victoria
Collision between RAAF Tiger Moth aircraft T5463 & T5486 of Number 7 Elementary Flying Training School at Western Junction near Cressy, Tasmania
The pilot of aircraft T5463 Flying Officer James Edward Scascighini 2350 & his crewman Leading Aircraftman Frank Louis Hurley 412965 were both killed.
The pilot of aircraft T5486 Sergeant Raymond Harry Dean 408038 was also killed but his crewman Sergeant John Henry Rust 408097 survived with some slight injuries from his parachute descent.