Posting on Death 5 Squadron,.
At 1100 hours on 6 October 1941, Wirraway A20-189 crashed into the sea at Swimashore Bay, Wilson's Promontory, Victoria, during an army cooperation exercise. The crew members were:-
Sergeant John Stuart Padman (8835) (Observer)
Pilot Officer (later Flight Lieutenant) Frederick Arthur Watchorn DFC (400848) (Pilot) Seriously injured, Discharged from the RAAF: 4 October 1945.
Commemorated on Roll of Honour in Balaklava SA, also his name is located at panel 99 in the Commemorative Area at the Australian War Memorial.
Son of Edward Clyde Padman and Myra Elizabeth (Goode) Padman, of Balaklava, South Australia. B.A. (Adelaide), Dip. Ed. (Oxon.).
Posting on Death 5 Squadron,.
At 1100 hours on 6 October 1941, Wirraway A20-189 crashed into the sea at Swimashore Bay, Wilson's Promontory, Victoria, during an army cooperation exercise. The crew members were:-
Sergeant John Stuart Padman (8835) (Observer)
Pilot Officer (later Flight Lieutenant) Frederick Arthur Watchorn DFC (400848) (Pilot) Seriously injured, Discharged from the RAAF: 4 October 1945.
Commemorated on Roll of Honour in Balaklava SA, also his name is located at panel 99 in the Commemorative Area at the Australian War Memorial.
Son of Edward Clyde Padman and Myra Elizabeth (Goode) Padman, of Balaklava, South Australia. B.A. (Adelaide), Dip. Ed. (Oxon.).
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