BURRASTON, JACK CLARENCE. Plt Off. He was killed whilst flying Hawker Hind, K5413 of the RAF College.
He wasn't part of a squadron - he was at RAF Cranwell still undertaking flying training. Aircraft stalled as they were practicing acrobatics and crashed.
I was just going to say maybe he hadn't been assigned a squadron yet ... if he was training Burraston was born in Glen Innes, NSW, in July 1917. He joined the Royal Australian Artillery in 1937 and was posted to Darwin in May 1938. Returning to Melbourne in January 1939 he successfully applied for a flying course at Point Cook. Opportunities to join the RAAF were limited pre-war and Burraston successfully answered an advertisement from the RAFseeking Australians for officer and pilot training. He embarked for England aboard the Orama, together with 21 other Australians accepted for the scheme, on 13 August 1939. War was declared while the group was still at sea. In England Burraston undertook officer, basic and advanced flying training at Cambridge, Ansty and Cranwell. He was killed in a training accident on 6 July 1940 when he accompanied another pilot during acrobatic training. After making a stall turn the aircraft failed to recover and crashed into the River Trent, killing both men. Burraston was buried at St Andrew's Church, Cranwell, on 10 July. He was the first of 12 men among the 22 Australians to lose their lives in the Second World War AWM Collection Record: REL34401.001 - Peaked cap : Pilot Officer J C Burraston, RAF
I assumed that "College" meant he had not been assigned as nothing written on him mentioned a squadron. Thanks for the confirmation.
