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: | Unknown |
| Occupation: | Motor Driver / Carrier |
| 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, |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 2 Service
| 25 Jan 1937: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftman, Air Force Headquarters | |
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| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement 2669 |
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James Emmanuel SKILLEN was born in Dinton in Wiltshire, England on 16th June, 1918
His parents were William SKILLEN & Ellen SCAMMELL who married in the Church of St Mary in Dinton UK on 5th January 1918
He married Bessie Pauline PAYNTER in Sydney on 21st March, 1942
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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