John Phillip ADAM

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ADAM, John Phillip

Service Number:	404491
Enlisted:	13 September 1940
Last Rank:	Flying Officer
Last Unit:	No. 452 Squadron (RAAF)
Born:	Turramurra, New South Wales, Australia, 30 April 1913
Home Town:	Wahroonga, Ku-ring-gai, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Accountant
Died:	Flight training accident near Manton Dam, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia , 26 September 1943, aged 30 years
Cemetery:	Adelaide River War Cemetery, NT F.C.9. , Adelaide River War Cemetery, Adelaide River, Northern Territory, Australia
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Flying Officer, 404491, No. 452 Squadron (RAAF)
13 Sep 1940:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftman 2 (WW2), Aircrew Training Units
15 Sep 1941:	Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Flying Officer, 404491, No. 457 Squadron (RAAF), Air War NW Europe 1939-45, Andreas, Isle of Man, UK
24 Oct 1941:	Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Flying Officer, 404491, Air War NW Europe 1939-45, No 275 Sqn RAF
30 May 1942:	Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Flying Officer, 404491, No. 452 Squadron (RAAF), Air War NW Europe 1939-45, Andreas, Isle of Man, UK
5 Sep 1942:	Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Flying Officer, 404491, No. 452 Squadron (RAAF), Australia's Front Line (incl Darwin Defenders), Flying accident
26 Sep 1943:	Involvement Flying Officer, No. 452 Squadron (RAAF)

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Biography contributed by David Barlow

Flying Officer John Phillip Adam 404491 - son of John Shedden Adam and Ruth Eliza Adam of Wahroonga, NSW

452 Squadron RAAF Spitfire EE677 (Adam) & Spitfire LZ314 (Mawer) were involved in a mid-air collision over Manton Dam, NT with both pilots killed.

Also killed: Flying Officer Granville Allen Mawer 403112 - son of Thomas Henry and Ella Agnes Mawer of Manly, NSW

Flying Officer Mawer has an entry in the book "Those Other Eagles" by Christopher Shores (which refers to the other aircraft as JL314). Mawer had previously (20 June 1943) crash-landed in aircraft BR548 after an engagement with a force of Japanese aircraft.

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