John Thomas MCCARTHY

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MCCARTHY, John Thomas

Service Number:	421998
Enlisted:	24 April 1942
Last Rank:	Leading Aircraftman
Last Unit:	No. 5 Service Flying Training School Uranquinty
Born:	Kogarah, New South Wales, Australia, 1 February 1920
Home Town:	Cowra, Cowra, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Not yet discovered
Died:	Accidental (Flying Accident), Uranquinty, New South Wales, Australia, 8 January 1943, aged 22 years
Cemetery:	Wagga Wagga General (Monumental) Cemetery RC Plot Section Dl Grave 32, Wagga Wagga General Cemetery, Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Cowra and District War Memorial WW2

World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement 421998
24 Apr 1942:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftman, 421998, No. 5 Service Flying Training School Uranquinty
24 Apr 1942:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftman, 421998

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Biography contributed by David Barlow

Wirraway aircraft A20-585 of 5SFTS collided with A20-613 on the ground at Belfrayden landing ground - the only fatality was LAC McCarthy 421998 who was sitting in the front seat of A20-585

The pilot of A20-585 was Sergeant Conway 205784 (discharged from the RAAF in February 1945 as a Warrant Officer)

The pilot of A20-613 was LAC Wannan 421948 (discharged from the RAAF in January 1946 as a Flight Lieutenant)

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