LEST WE FORGET
Sergeant James Whamond CAMERON
Service No: 437116
Born: Angus, Scotland, 23 October 1914
Enlisted in the RAAF: 7 November 1942 (at Adelaide SA)
Unit: No. 1 Operational Training Unit, East Sale VIC
Died: Aircraft Accident (No. 1 Operational Training Unit Beaufort aircraft A9-33), Sale, 5 October 1943, Aged 28 Years
Buried: Sale War Cemetery, VIC
CWGC Additional Information: Son of James and Elizabeth Cameron; husband of Hazel Gwen Cameron, of Adelaide, South Australia.
Roll of Honour: Unknown
Remembered: Panel 112, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
Remembered: World War II Honour Roll, National War Memorial of SA, North Terrace, Adelaide
On 5 October, Beaufort A9-33 attempted to gain altitude when about to land on the East Sale airfield but the port engine cut out and the aeroplane swung to port and banked sharply. The pilot failed to recover the Beaufort and the port wing struck the ground, cartwheeling the aeroplane as it burst into flames, killing the instructor and student pilot.
The crew members of A9-33 were:
Sergeant James Whamond Cameron (437116) (Student Pilot)
Flight Lieutenant Frank Keith Morcombe (406572) (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, 214
Bibliography:
Lax, M. (Mark) (editor) Always Ready: a history of RAAF East Sale, RAAF Publications Unit Melbourne VIC, 1993
Wilson, S. (Stewart) Beaufort, Beaufighter and Mosquito in Australian Service, Aerospace Publications Weston Creek ACT 2611, 1990