LEST WE FORGET
Flight Sergeant James Valentine HARDIMAN
Service No: 420664
Born: Bexley NSW, 23 May 1917
Enlisted in the RAAF: 9 November 1941
Unit: No. 3 Service Flying Training School (RCAF)
Died: Aircraft Accident (No. 3 Service Flying Training School Crane aircraft 8127), Alberta, 28 August 1943, Aged 26 Years
Buried: Calgary (Burnsland) Cemetery, Alberta
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Mr. and Mrs. E. G. Hardiman; husband of Edna Mary Hardiman, of Kogarah, New South Wales, Australia
Roll of Honour: Unknown
Remembered: Panel 133, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
At 1135 hours on 28 August 1943 while carrying out bombing exercise No 6, Crane 8127 was involved in a mid-air collision and crashed two miles north east of the Calgary aerodrome. The Pilot was killed and the Student Pilot was slightly injured.
The crew members of 8127 were:
Leading Aircraftman John Loftus Ayton (428036) (Student Pilot) Injured, Discharged from the RAAF: 2 July 1945
Flight Sergeant James Valentine Hardiman (420664) (Pilot)
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, 166/17/278