Date of birth:

September 21st, 1916 (Invercargill/Southland, New Zealand)

Date of death:

June 23rd, 1943 (Oostmijzen/North Holland, Netherlands)

Buried on:

Commonwealth War Graves General Cemetery Bergen
Plot: II. Row: D. Grave: 24.

Service number:

413718

Nationality:

New Zealander

Pilot Officer (Bomb Aimer)
Royal New Zealand Air Force, 427 (R.C.A.F.) Sqdn.

On 22 June 1943 at 11.22 pm, the Handley Page Halifax DK225 "ZL-J" of 427 Squadron took off from Leeming in Yorkshire to take part in an attack on Müllheim.
At 1.22 am the Halifax was shot down by a German night fighter and crashed near Oostmijzen.
Only the navigator was able to jump out of the aircraft and was taken prisoner of war.

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