WW2_Casualties

World War 11 Casualties

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Herbert James Joseph

The following is taken from TASMANIANS AT WAR IN THE AIR 1939-1945 with the kind permission of Brian Winspear

James Herbert (Jim) the eighth in a family of nine children, was born in Launceston in 1917. He went to Launceston Technical College to study plumbing, and was very proficient with all types of musical instruments.

He joined the R.A.A.F. in early 1943 as a WAG on Course 31, and during training was always in great demand for his musical and entertaining ability.

He went to England as a Flight Sergeant, and at No 27 OTU at Lichfield, crewed up on a Wellington . When flying on a night cross country exercise in November 1943, his aircraft collided with a Stirling bomber. The sole survivor of a total of 15 air crew was Group Captain Heffernen, who happened to be wearing a pilot seat type parachute.

Jim Herbert became one of the several thousands of Australian air crew killed in air accidents during the war.

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