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#	Name*	First Names	Rank	Service No.	Born	Nationality	Role	Awards	Air Force	Command	Unit	DateofIncident *See Note	Aircraft	Type	Serial	Code	Victories (Fighters)	Base	Time	Mission	Incident	Fate	Commemorated	Photo (Click to Expand)	Referring Database	Notes	Links/Archive Reports
1301	Fittall	Vaughan Charles	Flight Lieutenant	NZ/411873	Age 22	New Zealand	Pilot	DFC	RNZAF	Fighter Command	198Sqn	1943-10-09	Typhoon	Ib	No details - seek further information	No details - seek further information				Sweep	Damaged	Injured				Born on the 12th July 1919. Son of Theodora Samuel Fittall and husband of Kate Elizabeth Fittall (nee Parry) - Born on the 30th October 1923, died on the 18th September 2000, aged 76. Attended Wellington Technical College. Worked as an accountant prior to enlisting on the 23rd March 1941 at Levin, trained in Canada. Pilots badge awarded on the 07th November 1941 and awarded his commission. Served with 198 and 486 Squadrons. Test pilot with D. Napier and Sons, testing Napier Sabre engines, became Assistant Chief Test Pilot at Luton. 70 operational sorties. DFC Citation 1943: 'A pilot of exceptional merit. He has led his flight in numerous sorties over France, Belgium and Holland , in the course of which much damage has been inflicted on the enemy. In October last year, when he was participating in an attack against enemy shipping, intense and accurate anti-aircraft fire was encountered. A shell exploded behind Flight-Lieutenant Fittall's cockpit, wounding and dazing him, while his radio transmitter caught fire. He, nevertheless , returned to his base after flying some hundreds of miles before landing safely. Flight Lieutenant Fittall has shared in the destruction of 7 ships, 8 locomotives and 1 enemy aircraft. Many other ships have been damaged. This officer has set an inspiring example'. Died on the 08th July 2009, aged 89. Cremated and remembered at Waihi Cemetery, New Zealand.
1302	Fitzgerald	Maurice Isidore Joseph	Flight Sergeant	176576			Air Bomber		RAFVR	Bomber Command	75Sqn RNZAF	1944-05-27	Lancaster	III	ND908	AA-M		RAF Mepal, Cambridgeshire	.0048.	Aachen	Crashed Poelkapelle {West-Vlaanderen}	Killed	Wevelgem Communal Cemetery. Collective grave E. 473-474			Read Archive Report
1303	Fitzgerald	W V	Flying Officer	NZ414548					RNZAF	Bomber Command	218Sqn	1943-05-27	Stirling	I	BF405	HA-U		Downham Market	2252	Gardening	?	Killed	Runnymede
1304	Fitzgerald	J	Flight Sergeant						RNZAF	Bomber Command	75Sqn RNZAF	1944-08-27	Lancaster	I	HK594	AA-G		Mepal	2115	Stettin		Killed	Runnymede
1305	Fitzgerald	W J	Sergeant	NZ413875					RNZAF	Bomber Command	90Sqn	1943-04-16	Stirling	III	BK725	WP-M		Ridgewell	2200	Mannheim	Crash landed at Commmenchon France	Evader
1306	Fitzgerald	T B	WCdr			New Zealand	Pilot		RNZAF	Fighter Command	141Sqn						6									Ace
1307	Fitzgerald	Brian Patrick	LAC	NZ/413986	Age 19	New Zealand	Pilot (UT)		RNZAF	Training Command	1 Flying Training School	1941-12-18	Oxford	I	NZ280	-		RNZAF Wigram, New Zealand	1355	Transit Flight	See archive report for details	Killed	Christchurch Cemetery (Waimairi). Grave 46.17			Born on the 09th November 1922 in Gore. Attended Christian Brothers High School, Dunedin. Worked as a student teacher for Canterbury Education Board. Enlisted on the 06th July 1941 at Levin as a pilot under training. No. 1 Elementary Flying Training School 16th August 1941. No. 1 Flying Training School 27th September 1941. Pilot bade awarded on the 08th November 1941. Son of John Joseph (died 09th January 1968, age 74) and Nora Eileen Fitzgerald (née Hanley - died 10th August 1979, age 81), of 121 Elizabeth Road, Riccarton, Christchurch, New Zealand.	Archive accident report
1308	Fitzgibbon	Roderick Herbert	Pilot Officer	NZ/411874	Age 22	New Zealander	Pilot		RNZAF	Fighter Command	486Sqn RNZAF	1943-09-06	Typhoon	Ib	EK119	SA-H	Credited with 1 enemy aircraft destroyed with a further 2 shared	RAF Tangmere, Sussex	730	Ramrod S.35	See archive report for further brief details	Missing - believed killed	Runnymede Memorial. Panel 198	Courtesy Jennifer Lemaire		Born on the 20th October 1920 at Culverden. Worked as a Engine Mechanic for Mocketts Motors of Culverden prior to service. Enlisted at Levin on the 23rd March 1941. Awarded pilots badge on the 26th July 1941 and promoted to sergeant on the 08th September 1941. Joined 486 squadron from 55 Operational Unit ((Spitfires) on the on the 10th March 1942. Received his commission on the 15th April 1942. Son of Martin and Rose Fitzgibbon (nee Wood), of Culverden, Canterbury, New Zealand. A total of 615 flying hours logged. On his 206th operational sortie 4 of these flying a Hurricane	Archive Report
1309	Fitzpatrick	J H	Flight Sergeant						RNZAF	Bomber Command	420Sqn RCAF	1944-10-30	Halifax	III	LW388	PT-D		Tholthorpe	1704	Koln	Crashed at Manston Kent on return
1310	Fitzpatrick	L J	Flying Officer						RNZAF	Bomber Command	75Sqn RNZAF	1943-09-23	Stirling	III	EH935	JN-K		Mepal	1952	Mannheim	Crashed near Dedsheim	Killed	Rheinberg War Cemetery
1311	Fitzsimons	Harold Douglas John	Pilot Officer	NZ/39097	Age 21	New Zealand	Air Gunner		RNZAF	Bomber Command	115Sqn	1942-07-28	Wellington	III	Z1605	KO-R		RAF Marham, Norfolk	2308	Hamburg	See archive report for further brief details	Killed	Kiel War Cemetery. Grave 1. A. 14	Courtesy Ian AWMM		Born on the 08th September 1920 at Eltham, Taranaki. Worked as a farmer for his father at Motunui prior to service. Enrolled in the RNZAF on the 20th September 1939 after serving two years in the territorial army. Awarded his air gunners badge on the 20th September 1940 and promoted to sergeant the following day. Slightly wounded in combat on the 10/11th July 1941 whilst with 255 squadron flying the Defiant. Awarded his commission on the 06th March 1942 whilst with 115 squadron flying Wellingtons. Son of Harold John and Ada Fitzsimons (née Harrison) of Waitara, Taranaki, New Zealand. Husband of Merle Evelyn Fitzsimons (née Holland - later Moore of Bulls, Wellington, New Zealand.	Read Archive Report
1312	Flack	A W	Pilot Officer	NZ413833					RNZAF	Bomber Command	149Sqn (East India)	1943-05-29	Stirling	III	BF507	OJ-S		Lakenheath	2302	Wuppertal	Crashed at Dormagen	Killed	Rheinberg War Cemetery
1313	Fleming	J A	Flight Sergeant						RNZAF	Bomber Command	12Sqn	1942-01-26	Wellington	II	W5585	PH-D		Binbrook	1815	Hannover	Bombs exploded on take off	Killed
1314	Fleming	Robert Thomson	Flight Lieutenant	404460	23 Sep 1921 in Opotiki, New Zealand	New Zealander	Pilot	DFC	RNZAF	Bomber Command	139 Sqn (Jamaica)	1944-08-12	Mosquito	B.20	KB198	XD:P		Upwood	22:35	Frankfurt	Hit by I. & II./lei. Flak Battery 89/XI. Crashed into swamps at Getelo North East of Almelo at 01:04 hrs (Nachtjagd Combat Archive (24 July 1944 - 15 October 1944) Part 4 - Theo Boiten)	PoW, Stalag Luft 3 Sagan & Belaria/ Stalag 344 Lamsdorf Hospital since 25th October 1944.				Fg Off. Fleming was awarded the DFC whilst with 40 Squadron. Gazetted 5th February 1944.
1315	Fleming	James Allan	Flying Officer	NZ/422382			Pilot		RNZAF	Bomber Command	75Sqn RNZAF	1944-08-25	Lancaster	III	LM593	AA-N		RAF Mepal, Cambridgeshire	2025	Russelsheim	See archive report for full details	Killed	Rheinberg War Cemetery. Coll. grave 8.K.8-10			Read Archive Report
1316	Fleming	John Stuart Selby	Flight Sergeant	NZ/421038			Pilot 2		RNZAF	Bomber Command	90Sqn	1943-11-18	Stirling	III	EH996	WP-H		RAF Wratting Common, Cambridgeshire	1710	Ludwigshafen-am-Rhein, Mannheim	Crashed at Fussgonheim	Killed	Rheinberg War Cemetery, Germany. Coll. grave 20. A. 28-31			Read Archive Report
1317	Fleming	William	Sergeant	NZ/403852			Pilot		RNZAF	Fighter Command	52 Operational Training Unit (81 Group)	1941-08-03	Hurricane	I	R4183 (R4101)	Not known		RAF Debden, Essex		Training	See archive report for further details	Killed	Saffron Walden Cemetery. Compt. 40. Grave 17			Read Archive Report
1318	Fleming	R T	Flying Officer				Passenger		RNZAF	Bomber Command	138Sqn (Special)	1942-12-10	Halifax	II	L9618	NF-W		Luqa	345	Transit	The a/c had undertaken supply operation to Egypt. Over Algeria suffered incremental engine failure, probably due to coolant loss or wrong oil used. The pilot ordered a bail out and two passengers did so but for unknown reasons the remainder stayed and survived uninjured when flying on only one engine. The a/c made wheels up landing in desert at Le Kreider, near Khebil, 200 miles south of Oran, Algeria	Survived				(Ex 40 Sqn)
1319	Fletcher	John Douglas	Flight Sergeant	NZ/404546			Navigator		RNZAF	Bomber Command	75Sqn RNZAF	1942-03-25	Wellington	III	X3652	AA-O		Feltwell		Essen	Hit by 1 & 3/schw Res Flak Abt 472. 3/schw Res Flak Abt 134 and 1/schw Res Flak Abt. Belly landed at Duisburg-Kasslerfeld. Time unknown. (Nachtjagd Combat Archives 1942 - Theo Boiten).	PoW No. 24809 Dulag Luft/Stalag 8B Teschen Stalag 344 Lamsdorf				Returned to UK 16 April 1945
1320	Fletcher	Andrew Crawford	Flight Sergeant	NZ/42675			Air Gunner		RNZAF	Bomber Command	75Sqn RNZAF	1944-07-20	Lancaster	I	ME691	AA-R		RAF Mepal, Cambridgeshire	2335	Homberg	Crashed at Veghel {Noord-Brabant}	Killed	Uden War Cemetery, Netherlands. Grave 5.A.11			Son of Daniel Fletcher and of Jeanie Fletcher (née McNeill), of Devonport, Auckland, husband of Dorothy May Fletcher, of Devonport, Auckland, New Zealand. Thought to be on his 11th operation.	Read Archive Report
1321	Flood	G R	Flying Officer						RNZAF	Bomber Command	630Sqn	1944-11-22	Lancaster	I	LL949	LE-E		East Kirkby	1626	Trondheim	Crashed off Sunk Island on return	Killed	Harrogate [Stonefall] Cemetery
1322	Florence	R	Sergeant						RNZAF	Bomber Command	214Sqn	1942-08-06	Stirling	I	N3729	BU-R		Stradishall	115	Duisburg	Crashed on return to base
1323	Florence	Ronald	Flight Sergeant	NZ.41577		New Zealand		DFM	RNZAF	Bomber Command	617Sqn	1943-11-17	Lancaster	III	ED735	KC-R		Rabat	2340	Transit	Lost without trace whilst in transit over the Iberian Peninsula and the Bay of Biscay	Killed Age 21	Runnymede Panel 198			Lancaster was one of eleven aircraft detailed to attack the Antheor Viaduct again using 12,000lb High Capacity thin walled ‘Tall Boy’ bombs and new gyro bomb sights. Flying on to Blida Airfield in North Africa, Grimes and his crew were scheduled to return on 17-18 November, routed out over the Bay of Biscay. Grimes was killed in action on this flight when Lancaster ED735, piloted by Flight Lieutenant E. E. G. Youseman, DFC, and crewed by a very experienced crew that contained no fewer than four DFM recipients, was lost without trace, having probably falling victim to enemy fighters over the Bay. All the crew were killed.
1324	Flower	William Harvey	Sergeant	NZ/412472	Age 22	New Zealand	Navigator		RNZAF	Bomber Command	11 OTU	1942-06-25	Wellington	IC	DV778	KJ-A		RAF Bassingbourn, Cambridgeshire	2314	Bremen	See archive report for further brief details	Missing - believed killed	Runnymede Memorial. Panel 117	Courtesy AWMM		Born on the 05th January 1920 at Auckland. Worked as an exchange clerk for P and T Department at Matamata. Enlisted at Levin on the 13th April 1941. Son of Leonard and Constance Ruby Irene Flower (née Mincher), of Tauranga, Auckland, New Zealand. 75 flying hours logged an on his first operational sortie.	Archive Report
1325	Follett	J D	Flight Lieutenant						RNZAF	Bomber Command	101Sqn	1942-08-28	Wellington	III	X3754	SR-		Stradishall		Nurnberg	Crashed between Wandre & Vise	Killed	Heverlee War Cemetery Belgium
1326	Fooks	Harry Gordon Compton	Pilot Officer	NZ/40966			Pilot		RNZAF	Bomber Command	10 Operational Training Unit (6 Group)	1941-07-21	Whitley	V	N1527	Not known		RAF Abingdon, Berkshire	130	Training	See archive report for further details	Killed	Brookwood Military Cemetery. Grave 2.F.7			Read Archive Report
1327	Forbes	A S	Sergeant						RNZAF	Bomber Command	15Sqn	1943-02-03	Stirling	I	R9274	LS-B		Bourn	1815	Hamburg	Crashed near Mijmegen	PoW
1328	Forbes	John	Sergeant	131489	1921		Air Gunner		RAFVR	Bomber Command	75Sqn RNZAF	1942-10-06	Wellington	III	DF639	AA-N		Mildenhall		Osnabruck	Claim by Lt Hans Krause Stab I/NJG3 - 1km North of Slagharen: 3,100m at 2304 hrs. Crashed near Slagharen (Mun Hardenberg)	Killed	Hardenberg Protestant Cemetery Plot A Grave 12			Son of Edward Morris Forbes and Mabel Harriett Forbes, of Wandsworth, London
1329	Forman	John	Flight Sergeant	R/80334	11 Aug 1920	Canadian	Wireless Operator/Air Gunner		RCAF	Bomber Command	75Sqn RNZAF	1942-10-06	Wellington	III	DF639	AA-N		Mildenhall		Osnabruck	Claim by Lt Hans Krause Stab I/NJG3 - 1km North of Slagharen: 3,100m at 2304 hrs. Crashed near Slagharen (Mun Hardenberg)	Killed	Hardenberg Protestant Cemetery Plot A Grave 11		Paradie Archive Database
1330	Forrester	James Leonard	Sergeant Air Gunner	3010665					RAFVR	Bomber Command	75Sqn RNZAF	1944-11-20	Lancaster	I	PB689	AA-X		RAF Mepal, Cambridgeshire	1249	Homberg	Exploded near Baerl	Killed	Reichswald Forest War Cemetery. Cemetery Grave 25. G.3.			Read Archive Report
1331	Forsyth	Archibald Douglas Vincent	Flying Officer	NZ/403957	Age 23	New Zealander	Pilot		RNZAF	Army Co-Operation Command	42 OTU (P) RAF	1943-05-21	Airspeed Oxford	I	R6271	-		RAF Ashbourne, Derbyshire	16:00	Air Test	See archive report for additional details	Killed	Ashbourne Cemetery. Sec. A. Grave 356	Courtesy Air Museum of New Zealand		Born on the 21st November 1919 in Gisbourne. Educated at the Wairoa District High School. Worked as an exchange clerk for Post and Telegraph Department. Enlisted at Levin on the 26th October 1940. Trained at No. 3 Elementary Flying Training School 23rd November 1940 and No. 2 Flying Training School on the 18th January 1941. Pilot badge awarded on the 03rd March 1941 and promoted to sergeant on the 12th April 1941. Joined 115 squadron on the 08th September 1941 and completed 9 operational sorties. Posted to Malta as a flying instructor on special duties carrying out 8 operational sorties. Joined 42 Operational Training Unit on the 09th August 1942 as an instructor. Commissioned on the 28th September 1943. A total of 769 flying hours logged. Son of Archibald William Forsyth (died 09th September 1954, age 86) and of Irene Nora Forsyth (née O'Donoghue - died 09th July 1974. age 84), of Frasertown, Auckland, New Zealand.	Archive report of incident
1332	Foster	E	Flying Officer						RNZAF	Bomber Command	487Sqn RNZAF	1943-05-03	Ventura	II	AJ478	EG-A		Methwold	1643	Ramrod 16	Ditched off Dutch Coast	PoW
1333	Foster	C G	Flight Sergeant						RNZAF	Bomber Command	550Sqn	1944-03-30	Lancaster	III	ND425	BQ-C		North Killingholme	2155	Nurnberg	Exploded over Unterspiesheim	Killed	Durnbach War Cemetery
1334	Foster	Ralph Owen	Pilot Officer	402443		New Zealander	2nd Pilot		RNZAF	Bomber Command	75 Sqn RNZAF	1941-11-08	Wellington	Ic	Z8942	AA:?		Feltwell		Essen	Caught in searchlights and hit by flak, crashed and exploded at Zuidland, SW of Rotterdam at 22:15 hrs. (Nachtjagd Combat Archive (13 July 1941 - 29 May 1942) The Early Years Part 2 - Theo Boiten).	Killed	Rotterdam (Crooswijk) General Cemetery Plot LL. Row 1, joint grave 14			Son of Ralph and Gladys Foster, of Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand
1335	Foster	Claude Allan	Flight Sergeant	404631	1914	New Zealand	Air Gunner		RNZAF	Bomber Command	83Sqn	1942-11-06	Lancaster	I	R5566	OL-B		Wyton	2210	Genova	Believed to has crashed in the Mediterranean between Sori on the Italian mainland, SSE of Genova and Corsica	Killed	Runnymede Memorial Panel 117.			Son of Lenard and Cathrine Foster, of Beckenham, Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand.
1336	Foster	Athol	Pilot Officer	NZ/40967	Age 25	New Zealand	Pilot (Inst)		RNZAF	Training Command	4 EFTS	1941-07-30	Tiger Moth	II	NZ673	-		RNZAF Whenuapai, New Zealand	825	Training	See Archive report for further details	Killed	Purewa Public Cemetery. Block E, Row 39, Grave 18			Born on the 28th May 1916 in Auckland. Educated at Kings College and Auckland University College. Went to Singapore in 1938, returning to New Zealand in late 1939. A journalist for Straits Times in Singapore. Enlisted at Levin on the 09th April 1940 as a pilot under training. With No. 2 Elementary Flying Training School 06th May 1940. Then to No. 2 Flying Training School 01st July 1940. Pilot badge awarded on the 23rd August 1940 and commissioned on the 26th October 1940. Flying Instructors School 16th November 1940. With No. 4 Elementary Flying Training School as an instructor on the 30th December 1940. Son of Harry Percy Rae Foster (died 20th September 1929, age 58) and Janet Grierson Foster (née Maclndoe - died 22nd November 1959), of 5 Westbourne road, Remuera, Auckland City, New Zealand.	Archive report
1337	Fotheringham	Robert Ewen Ernest	Sergeant	NZ/391833	Age 29	New Zealand	Pilot		RNZAF	Bomber Command	75Sqn RNZAF	1941-07-15	Wellington	Ic	R3171	AA-?		RAF Feltwell, Norfolk	2300	Duisburg	See archive report for further details	Killed	Bergen-Op-Zoom War Cemetery. 30.A.3.			Read Archive Report Researched by Jenifer Lemaire - see page for image licence.
1338	Foulkes	J G	Sergeant							Bomber Command	75Sqn RNZAF	1941-09-15	Wellington	Ic	X9759	AA-		Feltwell		Hamburg	?	Killed	Hamburg Cemetery
1339	Fowler	Colin Richard	Sergeant	1874701			Flight Engineer		RAFVR	Bomber Command	75 Sqn RNZAF	1944-09-11	Lancaster	I	LM268	AA:D		RAF Mepal, Cambridgeshire	19:35	Gardening	See Archive report for further details	Evaded capture - returned to England September 1944	None - understood to have survived the war				Read Archive Report
1340	Fowler	G H	Flying Officer						RNZAF	Bomber Command	149Sqn (East India)	1944-02-25	Stirling	III	EF308	OJ-R		Lakenheath	1944	Gardening		Killed	Runnymede
1341	Fowler	G H	Flying Officer						RNZAF	Bomber Command	149Sqn (East India)	1943-12-16	Stirling	III	EH904	OJ-P				Training	Landed at Pembrey Carmarthan and hit obstruction
1342	Fowler	John Antony Coulson	Flight Lieutenant	NZ/415439	Age 21	New Zealand	Pilot		RNZAF	Fighter Command	504Sqn	1944-12-31	Spitfire	HF.IX	PT876	TM-Z		RAF Manston, Kent	1325	Ramrod 1425	See archive report for further brief details	Killed	Adegem Canadian War Cemetery. VI. AB. 11	Courtesy AWMM		Born on the 04th January 1923 at Marton. An accountancy student and a member of the Home Guard prior to enlisting. Joined RNZAF at Levin on the 27th September 1941. Trained with No. 2 Elementary Flying Training School on the 08th November 1941, making his first solo flight on the 25th November 1941. Attached to No. 3 Service Flying Training School on the 20th December 1941. Pilots badge awarded on the 10th February 1942 and commissioned on the 04th April 1942. Embarked for England on the 13th April 1942. Further training with No. 53 Operational Training Unit when he joined on the 01st September 1942 flying the Spitfire. Embarked for Gibraltar on the 26th November 1942. Flew a Dakota as 2nd pilot to Algiers on the 18th December 1942. Flew a Spitfire to Tunisia joining 111 squadron on the 19th December 1942, carrying out 62 operational sorties. Shot down and wounded taken to hospital as a PoW after crash landing on the 22nd April 1943. After the fall of Tunisia to the allies he hitch hiked back to his squadron on the 09th May 1943. Flew as a passenger on a BOAC DC-3 to England on the 06th July 1943.Attached to 100 Operational Training Unit on the 17th August 1943 and then to 53 Operational Training Unit as an instructor on the 25th August 1943. Joined 504 squadron on the 12th April 1944. flying a further 76 operational sorties. Son of William Coulson Fowler (died 17th January 1963, age 69) and of Agnes Faith Fowler (nee Netherclift - died 16th January 1959, age 60), brother of Sir Michael Fowler an architect, later Mayor of Wellington from 1974 - 1983. of Feilding, New Zealand. A total of 776 flying hours flogged. On his 138th operational sortie.	Read Archive Report
1343	Fowler	P D	Sergeant							Bomber Command	75Sqn RNZAF	1943-01-23	Stirling	I	R9248	AA-H		Newmarket	1746	Lorient	Crashed at St Thegonnec France	Killed	St Thegonnec Communal
1344	Fowler	Noel Louis	AC1	NZ/411673	Born on the 09th June 1921	New Zealand	Passenger		RNZAF	Far East	3Sqn RNZAF	1942-10-16	Hudson	IIIA	NZ2055	Not known		Palikulo Airbase, Espiritu Santo, Vanuatu	325	Patrol	See archive report for further brief details	Missing - believed killed	Bourail Memorial, New Caledonia Panel 9.	courtesy Jenifer Lemaire		Read Archive Report
1345	Fowler	Alexander John	Flight Lieutenant	NZ/422654	Age 22	New Zealand	Navigator		RNZAF	2nd Tactical Air Force	487Sqn (RNZAF)	1945-02-22	Mosquito	FB.VI	PZ395	EG-E		B87. Rosierès-en-Santerre, France	1110	Armed reconnaissance (Operation Clarion)	See archive report for further details	Killed	Becklingen War Cemetery. Grave 13.F.7	Courtesy Jonathan Markey		Born on the 18th June 1922 at Middlemarch. Prior to enlisting worked as a audit clerk for Patrick, Feist and Jack accountants. Enlisted on the 18th April 1942 at Rotorua. Son of Robert Bruce Fowler and Margaret Fowler (née Francis), of Middlemarch, Otago, New Zealand. 589 Flying hours logged and completed 25 operational sorties. (214 Squadron 7 ops, 13 with 161 Squadron, this was his 5th with 487 Squadron)	Read Archive Report
1346	Fox	John Joseph	Pilot Officer	41320	Born 1918	New Zealand	Pilot		RNZAF	Bomber Command	114 Sqn	1942-05-30	Blenheim	IV	V5645	RT-R		West Raynham, Norfolk	21:24	Koln	V5645 was coned by searchlight of 4./M. Flak Abt. 252 and hit by light Flk battery of 4./M. Flak Abt 252. The a/c crashed in Hohemoor near Marx at 23:52 hrs (Nachtjagd Combat Archive (30 May - 31 December 1942) The Early Years Part 3 - Theo Boiten)	Died of Injuries	Sage War Cemetery. Grave 13.C.2			Educated at St. Patrick's School. A programme organiser for the National Broadcasting Service in Wellington. Served 3 years in the territorial army. Enlisted at Levin on the 19th January 1941 as a pilot under training. With No. 3 Elementary Flying Training School on the 02nd March 1941. With No. 2 Flying Training School on the 12th April 1941. Uninjured in a landing accident on the 29th April 1941. Injured in a mid-air collision on the 15th May 1941. Pilot badge awarded on the 25th May 1941 and commissioned on the 26th July 1941. Embarked for England on the 14th August 1941. With No. 3 Personnel Reception Centre on the 29th September 1941. Training on the Blenheim with 42 Operational Training Unit 28th October 1941. Jined 114 squadron on the 17th March 1942 and carried out 3 operational sorties. Son of John Joseph (died 08th December 1953, age 65) and Alexandrina Kerr Fox (née Archibald - died 15th July 1980), of Wellington City, New Zealand; husband of Mary Patricia Fox (née Pound and father os 1 son), of Wellington City, New Zealand. foxx	Read Archive Report
1347	Fox	Thomas Tristram	Pilot Officer	NZ/411392	Age 21	New Zealand	Pilot		RNZAF	Fighter Command	485Sqn RNZAF	1942-04-04	Spitfire	Vb	P8724	OU-?		RAF Kenley, Surrey	O940	Circus 119	See archive report for further details	Killed	Longuenesse Souvenir Cemetery (St. Omer) Special Memorial. Plot 9. Row A. / Runnymede Memorial. Panel 115			Read Archive Report foxx
1348	Fox	John Joseph	Leading Aircraftman	41320	Born on the 25th March 1918 in Glasgow, Scotland.	New Zealand	Pilot		RNZAF	Training Command	No. 2 Service Flying Training School (ITS)	1941-05-15	Oxford	II	NZ1246			RNZAF Woodbourne, New Zealand	1455	Formation exercise	Collided with another of the SFTS Oxford II, NZ1276 while changing leader position at 14:55hrs, which dived steeply into the sea between White Bluffs and the Awatere River mouth, about 11 miles ESE of Blenheim. Floating wreckage was located shortly afterwards by an RNZAF launch which chanced to be proceeding through Cook strait at the time. However, the body of the LAC Alec Haigh, the sole occupant was not recovered. LAC John Joseph Fox force landed his Oxford II, NZ1246 on a beach. He survived but was injured.	Survived, Killed in action 1st June 1942		Courtesy Air Museum of New Zealand		114 Sqn, Blenheim IV, V5645 Educated at St. Patrick's School. A programme organiser for the National Broadcasting Service in Wellington. Served 3 years in the territorial army. Enlisted at Levin on the 19th January 1941 as a pilot under training. With No. 3 Elementary Flying Training School on the 02nd March 1941. With No. 2 Flying Training School on the 12th April 1941. Uninjured in a landing accident on the 29th April 1941. Injured in a mid-air collision on the 15th May 1941. Pilot badge awarded on the 25th May 1941 and commissioned on the 26th July 1941. Embarked for England on the 14th August 1941. With No. 3 Personnel Reception Centre on the 29th September 1941. Training on the Blenheim with 42 Operational Training Unit 28th October 1941. Jined 114 squadron on the 17th March 1942 and carried out 3 operational sorties. Son of John Joseph (died 08th December 1953, age 65) and Alexandrina Kerr Fox (née Archibald - died 15th July 1980), of Wellington City, New Zealand; husband of Mary Patricia Fox (née Pound and father os 1 son), of Wellington City, New Zealand. foxx	Read Archive Report
1349	Fox	E	Sergeant							Bomber Command	75Sqn RNZAF	1941-07-13	Wellington	Ic	X9634	AA-		Feltwell		Bremen	Crashed in sea off Corton Suffolk	Killed				foxx
1350	Foy	Edgar Joseph	Pilot Officer	49049			Navigator		RNZAF	Coastal Command	489 Sqn RNZAF	1945-04-14	Beaufighter	TF.X	NT888	P6:Y		RAF Dallachy, Morayshire	13:09	Shipping	See archive report for further details	Missing - believed killed	Runnymede Memorial. Panel 285			foyx	Read Archive Report