AIRCRAFT CRASH

Three Killed at Cressy

An officer and two airmen were killed yesterday when two trainer aircraft from the elementary flying training school at Western Junction collided during a practice flight and crashed about a mile from Cressy.

This was announced in an R.A.A.F. communique. The victims were:

Flying-Officer James Edgar Scascighini (28) married, of Surrey Hills, Victoria.

Leading - Aircraftman Frank Louis Hurley (28) unmarried, of Armidale, N.S.W.  

Sgt.-Pilot Raymond Harry Dean (21), unmarried of Evandale, Tasmania.

Sgt. John Henry, who parachuted to safety, was slightly injured. Both machines were totally destroyed. The cause of the accident is obscure.

Sgt.-Pilot Raymond Harry Dean, a son of Mr. and Mrs. Reginald J. Dean, of Evandale, was born in Hobart, and was 21 years old last Sunday. He was educated at the Launceston High School, and went through his R.A.A.F. training at Pt. Cook and Camden. He returned to Western Junction flying school as an instructor last June. A brother Geoffrey also a member of the R.A.A.F. was drowned about a year ago with three companions while sailing near Pt. Cook.

Flying-Officer Scascighini was born at Traralgon, Victoria. He was commissioned in November, 1940. He has a wife and small daughter.

Leading-Aircraftman Hurley was born at Macksville, N.S.W., and before his enlistment in Sydney was a bank clerk. He received his elementary flying training at Western Junction.

The Mercury 5 Feb 1942