LEST WE FORGET
Flying Officer James Frederick UNSWORTH
Service No: 763
Born: Mosman NSW, 7 January 1918
Enlisted in the RAAF: 5 February 1940
Unit: No. 23 Squadron, Archerfield QLD
Died: Aircraft Accident (No. 23 Squadron Wirraway aircraft A20-155), Darra QLD, 31 January 1941, Aged 23 Years
Cremated: Mt. Thompson Crematorium QLD
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Henry James Unsworth and Constance Unsworth; husband of Joy Unsworth, of Newcastle, New South Wales.
Roll of Honour: Unknown
Remembered: Queensland Cremation Memorial, Brisbane QLD
Remembered: Panel 101, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
Remembered: St Clements’s World War II Roll of Honour, Mosman NSW
During practice instrument flying using a hood on 31 March 1941, Wirraway A20-155 dived and crashed at Darra (14 kms south west of Brisbane) and both crew members were killed. The crew members were:
Pilot Officer Godfrey Edward Turner (Service Number Unavailable) (Pilot)
Flying Officer James Frederick Unsworth (763) (Second 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, 107
Register of War Memorials in New South Wales On-Line
Bibliography:
Wilson, S. (Stewart) Wirraway, Boomerang and CA-15 in Australian Service, Aerospace Publications Weston Creek ACT 2611, 1991