LEST WE FORGET
Leading Aircraftman George Charles ADAMS
Service No: 40393
Born: Cootamundra NSW, 10 November 1912
Enlisted in the RAAF: 12 May 1941 (at Melbourne VIC)
Unit: General Reconnaissance School, Bairnsdale VIC
Died: Aircraft Accident (General Reconnaissance School Anson aircraft W 2253), Won Wron VIC, 21 May 1943, Aged 30 Years
Buried: Bairnsdale War Cemetery, VIC
CWGC Additional Information: Son of George Joseph and Eliza Adams; husband of Jean Marion Adams, of Gippsland.
Roll of Honour: Traralgon VIC
Remembered: Panel 115, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
On 21 May 1943, General Reconnaissance School Avro Anson W 2253 crashed at Won Wron and five of the six crew members were killed. The crew members were:
Leading Aircraftman George Charles Adams (40393) (Supernumerary)
Sergeant Ira Steve Bensley (413514) (Wireless Air Gunner) Seriously injured, Discharged from the RAAF: 22 November 1945
Sergeant John James Denmeade (422346) (Navigator)
Sergeant Ian Laddie Duncan (415772) (Pilot)
Sergeant Gregory Carlisle Lawrence (422081) (Navigator)
Leading Aircraftman Ronald Wilson Murphy (48223) (Fitter IIE, Supernumerary)
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, 77