James Valentine HARDIMAN

HARDIMAN, James Valentine

Service Number: 420664
Enlisted: 9 November 1941
Last Rank: Flight Sergeant
Last Unit: Not yet discovered
Born: Bexley, New South Wales, Australia, 23 May 1917
Home Town: Bexley, Rockdale, New South Wales
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Not yet discovered
Died: Accidental (Flying Accident), Alberta, Canada, 28 August 1943, aged 26 years
Cemetery: Calgary (Burnsland) Cemetery, Canada
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour
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World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939: Involvement Flight Sergeant, 420664
9 Nov 1941: Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, 420664

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Biography contributed by David Barlow

Flight Sergeant James Valentine Hardiman 420664 (Instructor) was killed when Cessna T-50 Crane training aircraft 8127 from Number 3 Service Flying Training School (3 SFTS) RCAF was involved in a mid-air collision (NFI) while carrying out a bombing exercise in Calgary, Alberta, Canada

The student pilot on board was slightly injured in the incident: LAC John Loftus Ayton 428036 RAAF (discharged from the RAAF in July 1945 with the rank of Flying Officer)