James Edgar SCASCIGHINI

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SCASCIGHINI, James Edgar

Service Number:	2350
Enlisted:	24 August 1936
Last Rank:	Flying Officer
Last Unit:	No. 7 Elementary Flying Training School Western Junction
Born:	Traralgon, Victoria, Australia, 6 June 1913
Home Town:	Burnley, Yarra, Victoria
Schooling:	Unknown
Occupation:	Engineer
Died:	Aircraft accident, Cressy, Tasmania, Australia, 4 February 1942, aged 28 years
Cemetery:	Burwood General Cemetery, Victoria, Australia Methodist Plot. Sec. A. Row B. Grave 22
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Evandale No 7 Flying Training School Memorial

World War 2 Service

24 Aug 1936:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flying Officer, No. 7 Elementary Flying Training School Western Junction
24 Aug 1936:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flying Officer, 2350
3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Flying Officer, 2350

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Biography contributed by David Barlow

Son of James Albert and May Eliza Scascighini

Husband of Violet Isabell Scascighini of Burnley, Victoria

Collision between RAAF Tiger Moth aircraft T5463 & T5486 of Number 7 Elementary Flying Training School at Western Junction near Cressy, Tasmania

The pilot of aircraft T5463 Flying Officer James Edward Scascighini 2350 & his crewman Leading Aircraftman Frank Louis Hurley 412965 were both killed.

The pilot of aircraft T5486 Sergeant Raymond Harry Dean 408038 was also killed but his crewman Sergeant John Henry Rust 408097 survived with some slight injuries from his parachute descent.

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