James Emmanuel SKILLEN

SKILLEN, James Emmanuel

Service Number: 2669
Enlisted: 25 January 1937
Last Rank: Leading Aircraftman
Last Unit: Air Force Headquarters
Born: Dinton, Wiltshire, England, 16 June 1918
Home Town: Parramatta, New South Wales
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Not yet discovered
Died: Aircraft accident, Alice Springs, Northern Territory, Australia, 25 May 1942, aged 23 years
Cemetery: Alice Springs Memorial Cemetery, NT
Plot M. Row A. Grave 5, Alice Springs Cemetery, Alice Springs, Northern Territory, Australia
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour
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World War 2 Service

25 Jan 1937: Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftman, Air Force Headquarters
3 Sep 1939: Involvement 2669

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Biography contributed by David Barlow

Son of William and Ellen Skillen

Husband of Bessie Pauline Skillen of Baulkham Hills, NSW

 

Douglas DC-2-243 (VH-CCA #38-505) US Army Transport aircraft operated by the 21st Troop Carrier Squadron of the 374th Transport Carrier Group crashed at Alice Springs, NT

2 RAAF personnel killed - Leading Aircraftman James Emanuel Skillen 2669 & Flight Lieutenant Duncan Matheson 2161

7 USAAF casualties - Sergeant Rolfe M. Smith 17025104 / 2nd Lieutenant William A. O'Neill (0-425102) USAFIA / 2nd Lieutenant Russell L. Callison (0-402883) / Private Martin J. Law 14061708 (crew). Passengers: 2nd Lieutenant Aubrey Lawless Tobias (0-409780) / 2nd Lieutenant James R. Costello O-410903 / Private Bobby J. McCrorey 6959243

(incident covered in book “Allied Air Transport Operations South West Pacific Area in WWII - Volume 1” by Robert H. Kelly)

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