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# | Name* | First Names | Title | Rank | RAF Equivalent 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 |
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2701 | McLean | N J | Pilot Officer | RNZAF | Bomber Command | 76Sqn | 1941-10-31 | Halifax | I | L9602 | MP-N | Middleton St George | 1917 | Dunkerque | Ditched off Dunkirk | Killed | Runnymede | ||||||||||||
2702 | McLean | Albert William | Flying Officer | NZ/411724 | Age 25 | New Zealand | Navigator | RNZAF | Bomber Command | 1651 Heavy Conversion Unit | 1942-10-27 | Stirling | I | BF314 | Y | RAF Waterbeach, Cambridgeshire | 147 | Training | See archive report for further details | Killed | Cambridge City Cemetery. Grave 14737 | Read Archive Report | |||||||
2703 | McLennan | Donald Wilford | Flight Sergeant | NZ/427046 | Age 22 | New Zealand | Wireless Operator/Air Gunner | RNZAF | Bomber Command | 11 Operational Training Unit 92 Group | 1945-01-04 | Wellington | X | HE740 | - | RAF Westcott, Buckinghamshire | 1910 | Training | See archive report for further details | Killed | Oxford (Botley) Cemetery. Plot H/1. Grave 231C | Born on the 16th December 1923 at Whangarei. Worked as a farm hand for H.D. Cleland prior to enlisting on 11July 1942 at Taien. Son of John Thomas McLennan and Christina Louisa McLennan (née McDonald), of Clevedon, Auckland, New Zealand. 178 flying hours logged. | Read Archive Report | ||||||
2704 | McLeod | W M | Warrant Officer | NZ414655 | RNZAF | Bomber Command | 15Sqn | 1943-05-04 | Stirling | III | BK658 | LS-K | Mildenhall | 2243 | Dortmund | Crashed at Midwolda Holland | PoW | ||||||||||||
2705 | McLeod | Ian Douglas | Pilot Officer | NZ/42429 | Age 23 | New Zealand | Pilot | RNZAF | Fighter Command | 66Sqn | 1944-12-25 | Spitfire | XVI | SM211 | LZ-? | B79 ALG | 830 | Recce | See archive report for brief details | Killed | Rheden General Cemetery, Netherlands (Heiderust) Grave 9 | Read Archive Report | |||||||
2706 | McLeod | N A | Flight Sergeant | NZ404079 | RNZAF | Bomber Command | 75Sqn RNZAF | 1943-05-29 | Stirling | III | EH881 | AA-Z | Newmarket | 2340 | Wuppertal | Crashed Eilendorf | Killed | Rheinberg War Cemetery | |||||||||||
2707 | McLeod | Matthew Leonard | Sergeant | NZ/411916 | Age 21 | New Zealander | Pilot | RNZAF | Middle East | 185Sqn | 1942-08-02 | Spitfire | Vc | BR321 | GL-? | Hal Far, Malta | 1400 | Scramble | Shot down over Gozo | Missing - believed killed | Malta Memorial. Panel 5, Column 2 | Born 13th November 1921 at Wellington. Farm hand prior to service on 23rd March 1941. Son of Matthew Alexander McLeod, and of Nilsina Catherine Christina McLeod (née Jacobsen), of Island Bay, Wellington, New Zealand. A total of 289 flying hours logged and completed 24 operational sorties. 14 of these were with 485 squadron. | Read Archive Report | ||||||
2708 | McLeod | William David Angus | Flight Sergeant | NZ/391363 | Age 25 | New Zealand | Pilot | RNZAF | Coastal Command | 1401 (Meteorological) Flight. 16 Group | 1942-02-26 | Spitfire | IIA | P7546 | - | RAF Bircham Newton | 1110 | Meteorological flight | See archive report for further brief details | Killed | Honington Churchyard (All Saints). Grave D.9. | Courtesy AWMM | Born on the 02nd December 1916 at Auckland. Worked as a clerk for the Transport Department of Dunedin prior to enlisting. Served for 5 months in the territorial army. Enlisted at Levin in the RNZAF on the 19th November 1939 as a pilot under training. Trained with No. 1 Flying Training School. Pilots badge awarded the 06th April 1940 and and to sergeant on the 28th May 1940. Embarked for England on the 07th June 1940. Further training with 12 Operational Training Unit before joining 88 squadron flying the Battle on the 26th September 1940. Embarked for Iceland joining 98 squadron which merged into 1423 flight on the 15th July 1941, then back to Feltwell on the 26th July 1941. Joined 1401 Meteorological flight on the 13th December 1941. Son of Roderick Daniel and Margaret Mary McLeod (née McPherson) of 37 Calder Street, Dunedin, New Zealand. A total of 423 flying hours logged. | ||||||
2709 | McLeod | Herbert David | Sergeant | NZ/405556 | Age 23 | New Zealand | Pilot | RNZAF | Western Air Command | 32 Operational Training Unit | 1943-09-28 | Hampden | I | AJ994 | HA-? | RCAF Patricia Bay, Vancouver Island, British Columbia | 17 | Training flight | See archive report for further details | Killed | Victoria Burial Park (Royal Oak). Sec. D. Plot 20. Grave 7 | Courtesy Air Museum of New Zealand | Born on the 19th February 1920 in Dunedin. Educated at Otago Boys High School. A salesman in electrical showroom for Dunedin City Corporation. Enlisted on the 13th December 1940 at Harewood as an equipment assistant. With No. 1 Elementary Flying Training School 28th February 1941 and remastered as a pilot under training 27th July 1942. No. 3 Elementary Flying Training School on the 04th September 1942, with his 1st solo on the 21st September 1942.
Embarked for Canada on the RMS Mauritania 24th December 1942 arriving 07th January 1943. No. 7 Service Flying Training School, class 73 25th January 1943. Flying badge awarded and promoted to sergeant on the 14th May 1943. No. 31 Ground Reconnaissance School, Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Quebec on the 29th May 1943. Joined 32 Operational Training Unit in Patricia Bay, Vancouver Island, British Columbia on the 21st August 1943. A total of 255 flying hours accumulated with 7 of these solo on the Hampden. Son of Herbert David Smalley McLeod (died 08th July 1949, age 55) and Christina McLeod (née Leith - died 28 Feb 1971, age 71), of Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand. His younger brother, John Mark Sanders McLeod served in the 18 Armoured Regiment, 2nd New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (Born on the 18th June 1922, passed away on the 10th August 2016, age 94). Herbert's epitaph: 'I Will Lift Up Mine Eyes Unto The Hills From Whence Cometh My Help . Psalm 121'. | ||||||
2710 | McLeod | Alan Munro | Flight Lieutenantt | 402202 | 16th June 1919 in Dunedin, Otago, | New Zealander | Navigator | RNZAF | Coastal Command | 224Sqn | 1944.06.11 | Liberator | GR.V | BZ940 | BZ:S | RAF St. Eval, Cornwall | 01:05 | Anti-Submarine patrol | See Archive report for details | MiA | Runnymede Memorial Panel 262 | Read Archive Report | |||||||
2711 | McLinden | J F | Sergeant | Bomber Command | 75Sqn RNZAF | 1942-04-22 | Wellington | III | X3667 | AA-D | Feltwell | Koln | Crashed in sea | Killed | Ste-Marie | ||||||||||||||
2712 | McLintock | Robert Ngaire | Leading Aircraftman | NZ/431086 | Age 19 | New Zealand | Pilot | RNZAF | Training | No. 2 Service Flying Training School (RNZAF) | 1943-11-24 | Harvard | II | NZ975 | - | RNZAF Woodbourne | 1000 | Training flight | See archive report for further details | Killed | Christchurch Cemetery (Bromley). Grave 10. 1F | Courtesy Air Museum of New Zealand | Born on the 04th May 1924 in Balclutha, South Otago. Educated at Christchurch Boys High School. With 31 squadron Air Training Corp. Enlisted at Omaka on the 02nd January 1943 as aircraft hand. New Plymouth on the 19th March 1943. In station sick quarters 14-26 April. Initial Trying Wing on the 28th April 1943, re-mustered the following day as a pilot under training on the 24th June 1943. No0. 2 Elementary Flying Training School 26th June 1943. No. 2 Service Flying Training School 27th August 1943. Pilot badge awarded on the 01st November 1943. 83 solo flying hours with 58 on the Harvard.
Son of Robert McLintock (died 15th July 1930, age 36), and of Renata Vedalia McLintock (née Anderson - died 19th August 1983, age 89 - married on the11th January 1923), of Greendale, Canterbury, New Zealand. | ||||||
2713 | McLoughlin | John Bernard | Sergeant | 1262086 | RAFVR | Bomber Command | 75Sqn RNZAF | 1943-07-05 | Stirling | III | EF436 | AA-A | Mepal | 2345 | Gardening | Stirling was lost without trace whilst on a mine-laying sortie (Gardening) off the Frisian island. Claimed by Oblt Georg-Hermann Greiner | Killed Age 29 | Runnymede Panel 158. | Stirling EF436, piloted by Flight Sergeant R. Thomas, was lost without trace whilst on a mine-laying sortie off the Fresian islands, on 5-6 July 1943. All the crew were killed. Reliable reports from the Dutch said that the aircraft had been shot down by a night fighter over the sea, 12 miles North West of Terscherlling (the middle island of the Southern Frisian Group) at approximately 02:31 hours. The night fighter was captained by Oblt. Georg-Hermann Grenier, of IV/NJG1, this was his sixth kill out of a total of 51. The kill is confirmed in Grenier’s war records. Attacker Oblt Georg-Hermann Greiner | ||||||||||
2714 | McMahon | H T O | Sergeant | RNZAF | Bomber Command | 75Sqn RNZAF | 1942-04-22 | Wellington | III | X3667 | AA-D | Feltwell | Koln | Crashed in sea | Killed | Runnymede | |||||||||||||
2715 | McManus | G W | Sergeant | Bomber Command | 75Sqn RNZAF | 1945-02-26 | Lancaster | I | ME450 | AA-W | Mepal | 1052 | Dortmund | Crashed near Chatteris Cambs on return | Killed | Cambridge City Cemetery | |||||||||||||
2716 | McMaster | Douglas Graham | Sergeant | NZ/42431 | Age 21 | New Zealand | Pilot | RNZAF | Far East Command | 17 Squadron (NZ) | 1943-01-18 | Kittyhawk | P-40 E1 | NZ3014 | JZ-? | RNZAF Seagrove | 1205 | Training | See archive report for further details - mid-air collision with NZ3018 | Killed | Christchurch Cemetery (Waimairi). Grave 46.18 | Courtesy Air Museum of New Zealand | Born on the 18th April 1921 at Timaru. Educated at Christchurch Boys High School. Insurance inspector for New Zealand Insurance Company. Served 3 years in territorial army. Enlisted at Levin as a pilot under training 12th January 1942. With No. 1 Elementary Flying Training School 08th March 1942. No. 2 Service Flying Training School 02nd May 1942. Pilot badge awarded on the 27th July 1942 and promoted to sergeant on the 17th October 1942. Joined 17 squadron on the 02nd November 1942. 217 solo flying hours logged with 17 on the P-40.
Son of Ailsa Jack Humphreys McMaster (died 07th January 1939) and Kathleen McMaster (née Holmes), of 78 Hinau Street, Riccarton, Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand. | ||||||
2717 | McMillan | P D | Pilot Officer | RNZAF | Bomber Command | 158Sqn | 1942-04-12 | Wellington | II | W5358 | NP-T | Driffield | 2212 | Essen | Crashed near Koln | PoW | |||||||||||||
2718 | McMillan | Norman Archibald | Flight Sergeant | NZ/411426 | Age 26 | New Zealand | Pilot | RNZAF | Middle East Air Command | 14Sqn | 1943-02-21 | Marauder | IA | FK377 | CX-? | LG221, Fayid, Egypt | 1245 | Enemy shipping | See archive report for details | Missing - believed killed | Alamein Memorial. Column 278 | Born on the 15th June 1916 at Thames. A self employed fisherman prior to enlisting 02 March 1941. Son of George Allan McMillan and Lucy Isabella McMillan (née White), of Thames, Auckland, New Zealand | Read Archive Report | ||||||
2719 | McMillan | John Dunch | Flying Officer | NZ/415341 | Age 26 | New Zealander | Navigator | RNZAF | Allied Expeditionary Air Force | 487Sqn | 1944-02-24 | Mosquito | FB.VI | LR343 | EG-? | RAF Hudson, Hertfordshire | 1430 | Patrol | See archive report for further brief details | Killed | Brookwood Military Cemetery. Grave 2.K.4 | < Courtesy AWMM | Also remembered on the Mt. Roskill War Memorial, Dilworth School Chapel Memorial Board and the Auckland War Memorial Museum. Born on the 17th November 1917 at Bangor, County Down, Northern Ireland. Moved to New Zealand around 1924. Educated at Dilworth School and then to Dilworth University College. Worked as a clerk for the Customs Department in Auckland prior to service. Enlisted at Levin on the 28th September 1941 as a pilot under training. Joined No. 4 Elementary Flying Training School on the 09th November 1941. Pilot training terminated on the 16th December 1941 at Rongotal. Remustered as Air Observer on the 28th December 1941. Embarked for Canada on the 12th February 1942 on the SS Boschfontein. Attached to the RCAF on the 04th March 1942. Joined No. 7 Air Observers School on the 15th March 1942 at Portage La Prairie, Manitoba. Then to to No. 3 Bomber Gunnery School on the 21st June 1942 at Macdonald, Manitoba. No. 1 Central Navigation School on the 16th August 1942 at Rivers, Manitoba. Air Observers badge awarded on the 21st September 1942 and received his commission. Further training with No. 34 Operational Training Unit flying the Ventura aircraft 23rd September 1942 at Penfield Ridge New Brunswick. Attached to RAF sent by train to New York and embarked for England on the 09th March 1943. Arrived at No. 11 Personnel Dispatch and Reception Centre on the 18th March 1943. Joined 487 (NZ) squadron on the 25th May 1943 flying the Ventura initially then on the Mosquito at Methwold in Norfolk. Son of John Steen McMillan (died 16th September 1959, age 90) and Laura Elizabeth (nee Dunch - died 19th December 1942, age 68), of Royal Oak, Epsom, Auckland City, New Zealand. A total of 415 flying hours logged and completed 10 operational sorties. | ||||||
2720 | McMillan | Lyell Arvie | Flight Sergeant | NZ/427294 | Age 23 | New Zealander | Pilot | RNZAF | Allied Expeditionary Air Force | 595Sqn | 1944-08-31 | Martinet | TT.I | MS529 | 7B-? | RAF Aberporth, Cardiganshire | 1500 | Ant-aircraft Co-operation | See archive report for further brief details | Killed | Bath (Haycombe) Cemetery. Plot 51. Sec H, Row R. Grave 238 | Courtesy AWMM | Born on the 28th July 1921 at Wellington. Worked as a fam hand for his mothers farm at Leeston. South Island prior to service. Served in the territorial army for two months. Enlisted at Gisborne on the 11th July 1942 as an aircraft hand but remastered as a pilot under training on the 04th February 1943. Trained at No. 3 Elementary Flying Training School03rd April 1943 then to No. 2 Service Flying Training School on the 31st May 1943.
Pilots badge awarded on the 02nd August 1943 and promoted to sergeant on the 25th September 1943. Embarked for England on the 15th October 1943. Joined No. 5 Pilots Advanced Flying Unit on the 20th June 1944. Finally joining 595 squadron on the 15th August 1944. Son of Albert Arvie McMillan (died 26th August 1948, age 58) and Olive Maud McMillan (née Prosser - born 15th February 1896 - died 31st December 1977, age 81), brother of Trevor Thomas (died 20th July 2013, age 90) and Mervyn Albert (died 10th March 2005, age 81) of Southbridge, Canterbury, New Zealand. A total of 289 flying hours logged with 10 on the Martinet. | ||||||
2721 | McMorris | A W | Sergeant | Bomber Command | 75Sqn RNZAF | 1942-12-02 | Stirling | I | BK618 | AA-Q | Newmarket | 202 | Frankfurt | Crashed at Adar-Oberstein Germany | Killed | Rheinberg War Cemetery | |||||||||||||
2722 | McMurphy | J C | Sergeant | RNZAF | Bomber Command | 75Sqn RNZAF | 1942-07-28 | Wellington | III | BJ599 | AA- | Feltwell | Hamburg | Crashed at Steinbeck Germany | Killed | Becklingen War Cemetery | |||||||||||||
2723 | McMurtrie | Alexander Douglas | Pilot Officer | NZ/402908 | Pilot | RNZAF | Fighter Command | 54 Operational Training Unit | 1941-07-18 | Blenheim | IF | L8729 | Not known | RAF Church Fenton, Yorkshire | 435 | Training | See archive report for further details | Killed | Kirkby Wharfe Churchyard Extension (St. John The Baptist). Row C. Grave 1 | Read Archive Report | |||||||||
2724 | McNab | D G | Sergeant | NZ2415416 | RNZAF | Bomber Command | 76Sqn | 1943-04-26 | Halifax | V | DG423 | MP-H | Linton on Ouse | .0051. | Duisburg | Crashed Amsterdam HQ of Luftwaffe | Killed | Amsterdam New Eastern | |||||||||||
2725 | McNabb | Ronald Percy | Sergeant | NZ/404393 | Age 19 | New Zealand | Pilot | RNZAF | Far Eastern Command 221 Group | 67Sqn | 1941-12-25 | Brewster Buffalo | I (339E) | W8206 | RD-? | Mingaladon Airfield, Burma | PM | Interception | See archive report for further brief details | Missing - believed killed | Singapore Memorial. Column 411 | Courtesy AWMM | Born on the 23rd May 1922 in Wellington. Worked as a garage assistant for W.C. Smith at Hunterville prior to service. Enlisted on the 24th November 1940 at Levin. Trained at Ground Training School, Levin , No. 2 Elementary Flying Training School and No. 6 Service Flying Training School. Injured on a practice landing accident on the 24th February 1941 and hospitalised/sick leave until the 23rd May 1941. Awarded his pilots badge and promoted to sergeant on the the 05th April 1941. Embarked for Singapore on the 22nd July 1941. Embarked with 67 squadron to Burma between 09th and 13th October 1941. Only son of Charles Percy McNabb (died 28th September 1978 age 78) and Maude Alexandra Ena McNabb (died 27th June 1982 age 80 - nee Sloss) and brother of June Maud. | ||||||
2726 | McNamara | B P | Pilot Officer | Bomber Command | 75Sqn RNZAF | 1941-01-10 | Wellington | Ic | T2550 | AA-L | Feltwell | 1130 | Air Test | Crashed near Stapleford Cambs | Killed | ||||||||||||||
2727 | McNarey | David Ian | Flying Officer | NZ/405299 | Navigator | RNZAF | Bomber Command | 149Sqn (East India) | 1943-04-20 | Stirling | III | BK698 | OJ-O | RAF Lakenheath, Suffolk | 2203 | Rostock | See archive report for full details | Killed | Lemvig Cemetery. Grave 703 | Read Archive Report See following report for connection: Read Archive Report | |||||||||
2728 | McNaughton | I N J | Sergeant | RNZAF | Bomber Command | 149Sqn (East India) | 1942-12-19 | Stirling | I | R9265 | OJ-N | Air Test | Crashed at Great Cransden BEDS | Killed | |||||||||||||||
2729 | McNaughton | George Edward Scott | F/O | 413099 | Age 32 | New Zealand | Pilot | RNZAF | Bomber Command | 178Sqn | 1944-07-06 | Liberator | B.Vl | EV822 | V | Amendola, Italy | 2141 | Attack Feuersbrunn air field, Austria | See Archive report | Killed | Belgrade War Cemetery. Collective grave 5. E. 5-7 | Courtesy Air Force Museum of New Zealand | Born on the 03rd June 1912 at Christchurch. Worked as a truck driver for Thos Borthwickand sons at Masterton. Enlisted at Levin on the 25th May 1941. Trained with No. 2 Elementary Flying Training School on the 05th July 1941 and then with No, 3 Service Flying Training School on the 15th August 1941. Pilots badge awarded on the 29th September 1941 and promoted to sergeant on the 08th November 1941.
Embarked for England on the 17th November 1941.After further training with various units embarked for Gold Coast on 30th May 1942. Attached to Aircraft Delivery Unit on the up till July 1942 ferrying single and multi-engine aircraft commissioned on the 08th July 1943. Joined 178 squadron on the 24th December 1943. Son of Hugh McKay McNaughton and Martha Anne McNaughton (née Pitstock, later Jones), of Hastings. Husband of Katherine Moira McNaughton (née McKerchar), of Papatoetoe, Auckland, New Zealand. A total of 1090 flying hours logged and on his 32nd operational sortie. | ||||||
2730 | McNeil | Mervyn George | Flying Officer | 40239 | 1917 | New Zealand | Pilot (Instructor) | RNZAF | Bomber Command | 27 OTU | 1942-07-31 | Wellington | IC | DV552 | BB-N | Lichfield | 2341 | Dusseldorf | Claim by Lt Heinz-Wolfgang Schnaufer Stab II/NJG 1 - Huldenberg ESE of Brussels (6C): 3,800m at 0317. Crashed at Huldenberg 25km SE of Brussels. | Killed | Huldenberg Churchyard British Plot Grave 7 | Courtesy Jenifer Lemaire
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2731 | McNeil | A G | Sergeant | Pilot | RNZAF | Fighter | 485Sqn RNZAF | 1941-10-21 | Spitfire | V | W3579 | Rodeo | Returned damaged | Wounded | |||||||||||||||
2732 | McNeil | Arnold George | Sergeant | NZ/41484 | Age 22 | New Zealand | Pilot | RNZAF | Fighter Command | 485Sqn RNZAF | 1942-02-25 | Miles Magister | I | T9947 | OU-? | RAF Kenley | 1545 | Training | See archive report for details | Killed | Whytleafe Churchyard (St. Luke). Row 1. Grave 28 | Read Archive Report | |||||||
2733 | McNeill | Henry John | Sergeant | NZ/405324 | Age 25 | New Zealand | Pilot | RNZAF | Bomber Command | 1 OADU (Overseas Aircraft Delivery Unit | 1942-03-25 | Wellington | IC | AD640 | - | RAF Portreath, Cornwall | 1235 | Ferry flight to Malta | See archive report for details | Killed | Gibraltar Cemetery. (North Front). Plot 2. Row C. Joint grave 2 | Born on the 14th December 1916 at Wellington. Worked as a truck driver for J.A. Brown carriers of Walaniwa prior to service. Enlisted at Levin on the 24th December 1940. Embarked for training in Canada on the 29th April 1941. Pilots badge awarded and promoted to sergeant on the on the 08th August 1941. Embarked for England on the 20th August 1941. Trained with 15 Operational Training Unit. Son of Peter and Frances Christina McNeill (née Roy), of Wellington, New Zealand. A total of 120 flying hours logged with 60 on the Wellington. | |||||||
2734 | McPhail | A C A | Sergeant | RNZAF | Bomber Command | 75Sqn RNZAF | 1943-05-29 | Stirling | III | BF561 | AA-O | Newmarket | 2314 | Wuppertal | Crashed Gladbeck-Rentfort | Killed | Reichswald Forest War Cemetery | ||||||||||||
2735 | McPherson | A M | Sergeant | NZ-411917 | Pilot | RNZAF | Fighter | 122Sqn | 1942-06-08 | Spitfire | Vb | BM130 | V | Circus 191 | Abandoned | ||||||||||||||
2736 | McPherson | Alfred Montgomery | Sergeant | NZ/411917 | Age 25 | New Zealand | Pilot | RNZAF | Fighter Command | 122Sqn | 1942-07-30 | Spitfire | Vb | BM242 | MT-? | RAF Hornchurch, Essex | 1820 | Ramrod | See archive report for further brief details | Killed | Dunkirk Town Cemetery. Plot 2, Row 3, Grave 30 | Courtesy AWMM | Born on the 05th February 1917 at Roxburgh. Worked as a truck driver for Alexandra Carrying Company prior to service. Enlisted at Levin on the 23rd March 1941. Attached to No. 1 Elementary Flying Training School joining 03rd May 1941and carried out his first solo flight on the 16th May 1941. Embarked for Canada on the 22nd July 1941 ON THE 'Dominion Monarch'. Further training with No. 6 Service Flying Training School starting on the 18th August 1941. Pilots badge awarded on the 07th November 1941 and promoted to sergeant. Embarked for England on the 14th November 1941. Joined 52 Operational Training Unit on the 10th March 1942 for training on the Spitfire. Joined 122 squadron on the 12th May 1942. Son of Archibald John (died 05th October 1968, age 87) and Isabella Montgomery McPherson (nee Hogg - died 23rd May 1945, age 64), of Roxburgh, Otago, New Zealand. A total of 299 flying hours logged and on his 24th operational sortie. | ||||||
2737 | McPherson | C V | Flight Sergeant | RNZAF | Bomber Command | 75Sqn RNZAF | 1942-07-26 | Wellington | III | X3714 | AA- | Feltwell | Hamburg | ? | Killed | Runnymede | |||||||||||||
2738 | McQuade | Hugh Steele | Sergeant | 1349542 | Born on the 22nd February 1924 | Navigator | RAFVR | Bomber Command | 75 Sqn RNZAF | 1943-06-11 | Stirling | III | BK817 | AA:B | Newmarket | 23:48 | Dusseldorf | BK817 was claimed by Oblt. Wilhelm Telge, his 5th Abschuss, from STABII./NJG1 nr Friodthier, 3 km south of Aubel at 3.600m at 01:35 Nachtjagd Combat Archive (1 January - 22 June) 1943 Part 1 - Theo Boiten). The aircraft crashed at Friodthier (Liège), 10 km north of Verviers, Belgium. | Killed | Heverlee War Cemetery Coll.grave.9.D.2-7 | Son of John Thomas and Alice May McQuade from Middlesbrough, Yorkshire | ||||||||
2739 | McQuater | A | Sergeant | 1369879 | Bomber Command | 75Sqn RNZAF | 1943-05-25 | Stirling | I | BK602 | AA-R | Newmarket | .0006. | Dusseldorf | Crashed in sea French/Belgian coast | Killed | Runnymede | ||||||||||||
2740 | McQueen | James | Sergeant | NZ/404466 | Age 21 | New Zealand | W/Op/Air/Gnr | RNZAF | Bomber Command | 75Sqn RNZAF | 1942-08-11 | Wellington | III | BJ767 | AA-? | RAF Feltwell, Norfolk | 2215 | Mainz | See archive report for further details | PoW No. 25680 Camp: Stalag Lamsdorf | None - survived the war | Passed away on the 15th December 2015 after a long illness, age 94. Married to Rayma for 67 years. | Read Archive Report | ||||||
2741 | McRae | C F | Flight Sergeant | RCAF | Bomber Command | 75Sqn RNZAF | 1943-09-23 | Stirling | III | EH936 | JN-W | Mepal | 1926 | Mannheim | Crashed at Dirmstein | Killed | Rheinberg War Cemetery | Paradie Archive Database | |||||||||||
2742 | McRae | J K | Pilot Officer | RNZAF | Bomber Command | 75Sqn RNZAF | 1944-07-24 | Lancaster | I | HK575 | AA-O | Mepal | 2149 | Stuttgart | Crashed near Burlioncourt {Moselle} | Killed | Chateau-Voue | ||||||||||||
2743 | McVay | John Douglas | Pilot Officer | NZ/404913 | Age 28 | New Zealand | Pilot | RNZAF | Fighter Command | 3Sqn | 1941-12-07 | Hurricane | IIc | Z3916 | QO-? | RAF Hudson, Hertfordshire | 1810 | Convoy Patrol | See archive report for further brief details | Killed | Ware New Cemetery. Sec. 265. Grave 2 | Courtesy Oleg Marin | Born on the 10th November 1913 at Pahiatua. Worked as a design engineer for A.C. Clarke Ltd prior to service. Served with the territorial army for 3 years before joining the RNZAF at Levin on the 30th November 1940. Embarked for Canada on te 27th March 1941 for pilot training. Awarded his pilots badge on the 03rd July 1941 and promoted to sergeant. Awarded his commission on the 04th July 1941.Prior to joining 3 squadron on the 19th November 1941 carried out conversion training on the Hurricane with 55 Operational Training Unit. Son of Harry Douglas McVay and Gladys McVay (nee Boyd) and husband of Jessie JJean McVay (nee Burns), of 612 High Street, Lower Hutt, Wellington, New Zealand. A total of 245 flying hours logged and had carried out 3 operational sorties. | ||||||
2744 | McVerry | Patrick John | Flying Officer | 417081 | New Zealander | Pilot | DFC | RNZAF | Bomber Command | 582 Sqn | 1945-01-16 | Lancaster | III | NE130 | 6O:T | Little Staughton | 18:35 | Zeitz | See Archive Report for details | Returned | Read Archive Report | ||||||||
2745 | McVety | M W S | Sergeant | Bomber Command | 75Sqn RNZAF | 1941-09-11 | Wellington | Ic | R1038 | AA- | Feltwell | Kiel | ? | Killed | Runnymede | ||||||||||||||
2746 | McVicar | Angus | Sergeant | 1371651 | Flight Engineer | RAFVR | Bomber Command | 75Sqn RNZAF | 1943-04-14 | Stirling | III | BF513 | AA-E | RAF Newmarket, Suffolk | 2132 | Stuttgart | See archive report for further details | Killed | Florennes Communal Cemetery. Row 2. Coll. grave 22-26 | Read Archive Report | |||||||||
2747 | McWilliam | R J | Flight Sergeant | RCAF | Bomber Command | 75Sqn RNZAF | 1942-11-28 | Stirling | I | BF339 | AA-D | Training | Crashed near Oakington | Killed | Paradie Archive Database | ||||||||||||||
2748 | McWilliam | A | Sergeant | RNZAF | Bomber Command | 75Sqn RNZAF | 1943-05-29 | Stirling | III | BF561 | AA-O | Newmarket | 2314 | Wuppertal | Crashed Gladbeck-Rentfort | Killed | Reichswald Forest War Cemetery | ||||||||||||
2749 | McWilliam | Robert James | Sergeant | R/93977 | 23 Apr 1922, Ponoka, Alberta, Canada | Canadian | Wireless Operator | RCAF | Bomber Command | 75Sqn RNZAF | 1942-11-18 | Stirling | I | BF399 | AA-O | Newmarket | Training | Crashed at 2229 hrs at Trinity Farm on Cambridge Road, near RAF Oakington. The aircraft stalled while trying to avoid a head on collision with another Stirling | Killed | Cambridge City Cemetery Grave 14740 | Son of Robert William and Margaret Hope (née Begg) McWilliams of Ponoka, Alberta, Canada (Both born in Dumfries, Scotland) | ||||||||
2750 | Meagher | B D | Sergeant | Bomber Command | 75Sqn RNZAF | 1941-11-30 | Wellington | Ic | Z1099 | AA- | Feltwell | Emden | Crashed into Waddenzee | Killed | Vredenhof Cemetery |
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