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#Name*First NamesTitleRankRAF Equivalent RankService No.BornNationalityRoleAwardsAir ForceCommandUnitDateofIncident *See NoteAircraftTypeSerialCodeVictories (Fighters)BaseTimeMission                        Incident                        FateCommemoratedPhoto (Click to Expand)Referring Database                        Notes                        Links/Archive Reports
3051 GowerKenneth WilfredFlight Sergeant421272Age 28RNZAF75Sqn RNZAF
1944-05-28KilledBelgium, Wevelgem Communal Cemetery, Coll. Grave E. 473-474.Son Of Algernon Carlyle Gower And Mary Bayly Gower, Of Tututawa, Taranaki, New Zealand.
3052 GradyJohn ArthurSergeant401268New Zealand2nd pilotRNZAFBomber Command9Sqn
1941-07-08WellingtonIcT2973WS:GRAF Honington23:31Munster, GermanySee archive report for detailsKiARheinberg War Cemetery. Grave Ref. Coll. 6.B.15-17
3053 GrahamJ APilot OfficerRNZAFBomber Command149Sqn (East India)
1941-04-08WellingtonIcX3167OJ-HMildenhallKielLost over sea. KilledKiel War Cemetery
3054 GrahamIan DundeeFlying OfficerNZ/413407Age 30New ZealandPilotRNZAFBomber Command186Sqn
1944-10-19LancasterING176AP-HRAF Tuddenham, Suffolk1810StuttgartSee archive report for full detailsKilledCholoy War Cemetery. Grave: 2.B.3
Born on the 10th January 1914 at Auckland. Son of Albert Rotorua Graham (died 05th December 1938, age 60) and Lily Jane Graham (née Forgie) and husband of Marie Elizabeth Graham (née Gunthorp), of Howick, Auckland, New Zealand. A very experienced pilot with 1502 flying hours logged.
3055 GrahamR ESergeantRNZAFBomber Command218Sqn
1942-09-10StirlingIBF351HA-CDownham Market2125DusseldorfCrashed St-Philipsland HollandKilledBergen op Zoom War Cemetery
3056 GrahamASergeant1369996Bomber Command75Sqn RNZAF
1943-04-28StirlingIR9290AA-XNewmarket2041GardeningCrashed off Lolland DenmarkKilledRunnymede
3057 GrahamBenjamin Alexander BlackieSergeant1077700RAFVRBomber Command77Sqn
1944-01-21HalifaxVLL190KN-NElvington1951MagdeburgAttacked by nightfighterKilledBerlin 1939-1945 War Cemetery 6. K. 7.On the night of 21-22 January 1944, during a sortie to Magdeburg, his aircraft was attacked and shot down by a night fighter; only one member of crew survived to be taken PoW, Flight Sergeant R. R. J. Simpson, RNZAF
3058 GrahamLawrence AlbertFlying OfficerNZ/4211838Age 24New ZealandNavigatorRNZAF2nd Tactical Air Force487Sqn1945-04-11MosquitoFB.NI.TA113EG-OB.87 Rosières-en-Santerre, France2340IntruderSee archive report for detailsMissing - believed killedRunnymede Memorial Panel 285
courtesy Ian Banks
Born on the 22nd October 1920 at Wellington. A clerk for PWD at Temuka. Enlisted on the19th September 1942. The son of Hugh and Ethel Augusta Graham (née Wilson) of Wanganui. 459 flying hours logged. Completed 55 operational sorties.
3059 GrahamRobert BavinFlying OfficerNZ/414282Age 24New ZealanderNavigatorRNZAF2 Group. 2nd Tactical Air Force2 Support Unit1944-08-11MosquitoFB.VIILR271-RAF Swanton Morley, Norfolk13TrainingSee archive report for further brief detailsKilledCambridge City Cemetery. Grave 14503

Courtesy AWMM

Born on the 25th June 1920 at Auckland. Worked for Armstrong and Springhall as a typewriter mechanic prior to service. Enlisted at Levin on the 27th July 1941. Awarded his observers badge and promoted to sergeant on the 04th July 1942. Served with 8 squadron RCAF with Western Air Command at Bolingbroke, Nova Scotia. Commissioned 25th May 1943. Embarked for UK on the 24th November 1943. Son of R. E. Graham, and Margaret Graham (née Bavin), of Auckland City, New Zealand and husband of Sheila Mary Graham (née Gregory), of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. 401 flying hours logged. Completed 10 operational sorties with 8 squadron in Canada.
3060 GrahamKeith MaxwellFlying OfficerNZ/436754Age 20New ZealandPilotRNZAFFar East4Sqn (RNZAF)
1945-05-28VenturaPV-INZ4578-RNZAF Henderson Field, Guadalcanal, Solon Islands611PatrolSee archive report for detailed informationMissing - believed killedBourail Memorial. Panel 4Born on the 07th September 1924 in Hokitika. Enlisted at Harewood on the 15th May 1943. 1119 flying hours logged with 159 on the Ventura. Son of Peter and Elizabeth Muriel Graham (née Pringle), of Franz Josef Glacier, Westland, New Zealand.
3061 GrahamJohn AlastairPilot Officer401207Age 24RNZAF149Sqn (RAF)1941-04-09KilledGermany, Kiel War Cemetery, 2. B. 11.Son Of John And Catherine Graham, Of Mangatahi, Hawkes Bay, New Zealand.
3062 GrahamRaymond EdgarSergeant404483Age 21RNZAF218Sqn (RAF)1942-09-10KilledNetherlands (Holland), Bergen-Op-Zoom War Cemetery, 3. C. 8.Son Of Francis Alexander Graham And Jeannie Graham, Of Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand.
3063 GrahamAndrewSergeant1369996Age RAFVR75Sqn RNZAF
1943-04-28KilledUnited Kingdom, Runnymede Memorial, Panel 151.
3064 GrahamIan DundeeFlying Officer413407Age 30RNZAF1944-10-19KilledFrance, Choloy War Cemetery, 2. B. 3.Son Of Albert Rotorua Graham And Lily Joan Graham; Husband Of Marie Elizabeth Graham (Nee Gunthorp), Of Howick, Auckland, New Zealand.
3065 GrahamRobert BavinFlying Officer414282Age 24RNZAF1944-08-12KilledUnited Kingdom, Cambridge City Cemetery, Grave 14503.Son Of R. E. Graham, And Margaret Graham, Of Auckland City, New Zealand; Husband Of Sheila Mary Graham, Of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
3066 GrahamLeslie Eric HarryFlight Lieutenant127540Age RAFVR487Sqn (RNZAF)1945-01-22KilledGermany, Rheinberg War Cemetery, 3. G. 24.
3067 GrahamRonald JohnWarrant Officer428780Age 23RNZAF55Sqn (RAF)1945-02-22KilledItaly, Padua War Cemetery, Coll. grave II. D. 8-10.Son Of John Higdon Graham And Annie Rachel Graham, Of Rangiora, Canterbury, New Zealand.
3068 GrahamKeith MaxwellFlying Officer436754Age 20RNZAF1945-05-28KilledNew Caledonia, Bourail Memorial, Panel 4.

Son Of Peter And Elizabeth Muriel Graham, Of Franz Josef Glacier, Westland, New Zealand.
3069 GrahamEdwin LawrenceLeading Aircraftman431958Age 42RNZAF1945-06-04KilledNew Zealand, Otahuhu Public Cemetery, 111. 253.

Son Of John J. Graham And Janet Graham; Husband Of Maida Evelyn Graham, Of Otahuhu, Auckland.
3070 GrahamLawrence AlbertFlying Officer421838Age RNZAF487Sqn1945-04-11KilledUnited Kingdom, Runnymede Memorial, Panel 285.
3071 GraingerJames KennedyPilot Officer42295Age 21RNZAF75Sqn RNZAF
1943-04-15KilledBelgium, Florennes Communal Cemetery, Plot 2. Coll. Grave 22-26.Son Of William Grainger And Of Ida Grainger (Nee Main), Of Napier, Hawkes Bay, New Zealand.
3072 GraingerEricSergeant625045Age 21RAF75Sqn RNZAF
1943-06-23KilledUnited Kingdom, Runnymede Memorial, Panel 151.
3073 GraingerJames KennedyPilot OfficerNZ/42295NavigatorRNZAFBomber Command75Sqn RNZAF
1943-04-14StirlingIIIBF513AA-ERAF Newmarket, Suffolk2132Stuttgart See archive report for further details KilledFlorennes Communal Cemetery. Row 2. Coll. grave 22-26 Read Archive Report
3074 GraingerEricSergeant625045UKFlight EngineerRAFVRBomber Command75Sqn RNZAF
1943-06-22StirlingIIIEH889AA-ZNewmarket2348MulheimShot down by a Bf 110 G-4 night fighter flown by Feldwebel Heinz Vinke of the 11./NJG 1. Crashed in IJsselmeerKilledRunnymede Memorial Panel 151. United KingdomAccident report
3075 GraingerEricSergeant625045UKFlight EngineerRAFVRBomber Command75Sqn RNZAF
1943-04-10StirlingIIIBF455AA-YRAF Newmarket, Suffolk2355FrankfurtHit by A.A. fire and enemy night fighter. Ran out of petrol and ditched in Channel off Shoreham Sussex. <> See Archive report for further detaulsRescuedLater: Runnymede Memorial. Panel 151Accident reportSon of William Henry and Myra Grainger. No further details - are you able to assist?
3076 GrangeTerenceSergeant1323448Age 22RAFVR75Sqn RNZAF
1943-09-01KilledUnited Kingdom, Runnymede Memorial, Panel 151.
3077 GrangeTSergeantBomber Command75Sqn RNZAF
1943-08-31StirlingIIIEF501AA-KMepal2023BerlinCrashed at PotsdamKilledRunnymede
3078 GrantReginald Joseph CowanWCdrNew ZealandPilotRAF RNZAFFighter Command145Sqn
485Sqn (NZ)

122Wg
8 [7+1]Killed 1944-02-28Ace
3079 GrantDonald Cameron KitchenerSergeant527237Air GunnerRAFVRBomber Command75 Sqn RNZAF
1944-05-22LancasterIME690AA:ZMepal22:49DortmundSee archive report for detailsKilledHeverlee War Cemetery. Grave 6.C.7
3080 GrantIan AlexanderPilot OfficerNZ/414283New ZealanderPilotRNZAFBomber Command11OTU
1942-09-16WellingtonICDV480OP-N Bar (Call sign 5CUN Bar)RAF Bassingbourne, Cambridgeshire2030EssenCrashed on a sandbank in the Springersdiep between the Punt van Goeree and the Hompelvoet at 0010 (Flak?)KilledOuddorp General Cemetery Row 1 Grave 3

Courtesy AWMM



Born on the 18th February 1918 IN Shanghai, China. Moved to New Zealand around 1940. Served for 6 months in the Shanghai Volunteers. Worked as a clerk for Woolworths, Auckland. Enlisted at Levin on the 21st July 1941. Initial training with No. 4 Elementary Flying Training School.

Embarked for Canada on the 17th November 1941. Pilots badge and awarded his commission on the 27th March 1942. Embarked for England on the 01st May 1942, further training with No. 15 Pilot Advanced Training Unit on the 27th June 1942. Joined 11 Operational Training Unit on the 21st July 1942.

Son of John Eadie and Lilian Rose Grant (née Ratcliffe), of London, England.

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3081 GrantReginald Joseph CowanWing CommanderNZ/391352Age 29New ZealandPilotDFC

and bar,
DFM


RNZAFFighter Command122 Wing1944-02-28MustangIIIFX996YT-?RAF Gravesend, Kent12:35RamrodSee archive report for further detailsKilledBrookwood Military Cemetery. Grave 2.K.6
Born 3 June 1914 Woodville, Manawatu-Wanganui, New Zealand Son of William Edward Grant and of Gertrude Isabella Grant (nee Rowntree).
3082 GrantIan Allan CharlesFlying OfficerNZ/391351Age 27New ZealandPilotRNZAFFighter Command485Sqn RNZAF
1943-02-13SpitfireVbBM482UO-WRAF Weshampnett, Sussex1140Rodeo 168See archive report for further detailsMissing - believed killedRunnymede Memorial. Panel 197


Born on the 21st November 1915, the son of William Edward and Gertrude Isabella Grant, of Mission Bay, Auckland, New Zealand. 875 Flying hours logged and on his 22nd operational sortie. The family lost two other sons, one pre-war.
3083 GRantD IFlying OfficerRNZAFBomber Command619Sqn
1944-07-18LancasterIIIPB245PG-ZDunholme Lodge2258RevignyCrashed Ussy-sur-Marne {Seine-et-Marne}KilledUssy-sur-Marne Communal Cemetery
3084 GrantR HFlight SergeantRNZAFBomber Command7Sqn
1944-05-21LancasterIIIND588MG-QOakington2250DuisburgKilledRunnymede
3085 GrantHorace LlewellynSergeantNZ/405254Age 27New ZealandObserverRNZAFBomber Command75Sqn RNZAF
1942-09-03WellingtonIIIX3396AA-RRAF Mildenhall, Suffolk2328EmdenSee archive report for further detailsKilledSage War Cemetery Grave 3.B. 4.

Born on the 08th October 1914, the son of Leonard and Constance Grant, of Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand. Occupation prior to service a baker. A total of 250 flying hours logged and on his 02nd operational sortie. Medals probably awarded - The 1939-1945 Star. The Aircrew Europe Star. Defence Medal. The War Medal 1939-1945. NZ War Service Medal 1939 - 1945. The NZ Memorial Cross.
3086 GrantJames SutherlandSergeant4212747th November 1920 in Balclutha, Otago, New ZealandNew ZealandAir Gunner (Rear)RNZAFBomber Command75Sqn RNZAF
1943-08-31StirlingIIIEE878AA-PRAF Mepal, Cambridgeshire20:31Berlin, GermanySee archive report for further detailsPoW No: 43260, Stalag 357
3087 GrantIan CurtisPilot OfficerNZ/41898Age 24New ZealandPilotRNZAFBomber Command21 Operational Training Unit. 6 Group1941-12-23WellingtonICDV422-RAF Moreton-in-Marsh, Gloucestershire / RAF Edgefield, Oxfordshire1420TrainingSee archive report for further brief detailsKilledMoreton-in-Marsh Cemetery. Sec. K. Grave 6

Courtesy Courtesy Jennifer Lemaire

Born on the 30th January 1917 at Inglewood. Before enlisting worked as a clerk for the Farmers Co-Op Society at New Plymouth. Enlisted at Levin on the 08th February 1941. Pilots badge awarded on the 26th July 1941 and his commission on the 06th September 1941. Embarked for England on the 12th September 1941. Son of Ian Percy and Myrtle Eileen Grant (nee Curtis), of Inglewood, Taranaki, New Zealand. A total of 140 flying hours logged.
3088 GrantJohn Grigor MacKenzieSq/LdrNZ/491759Age 28New ZealandPilotDFC


RNZAFMiddle East26 Anti-Aircraft Co-operation Unit.
1944-06-15HurricaneIICHW408-1 E/A DestroyedRAF El Firdan, Egypt930Air TestSee archive report for detailed informationKilledMoascar War Cemetery. Grave 2.C.18

Moascar War Cemetery

Born on the 05th April 1916 at Tapanui. A steel inspector for Buxton Tube and Steel Company. Enlisted at Levin on the 02nd July 1940. With No. 1 Elementary Flying Training School 29th July 1940. With No. 1 Flying Training School 28th September 1940. Pilot badge awarded on the 12th December 1940 and commissioned on the 18th January 1941.

Embarked for England on the 30th January 1941. With No, 3 Personnel Reception Centre 06th March 1941. Further training with No. 52 Operational Training Unit 10th March 1941 flying the Hurricane. Joined 257 squadron 22nd April 1941. Embarked with squadron on HM Argus for Gibraltar on or about the 20th May 1941. Transferred to HMS Ark Royal flew off the Ark Royal to Malta on the 06th June 1941. Served with 1435 Flight and 127 squadron, before leaving to Egypt with 73 squadron on the 30th June 1942. Joined 26 Anti-Aircraft Co-operation Unit on the 06th December 1942 and becoming comanding officer. Credited with 1 enemy aircraft destroyed.

Son of John Grant and of Isabella Grant (nee MacKenzie), of Oamaru, Otago, New Zealand.

3089 GrantNeil BaillieLACNew Zealand / ScotlandPilot u/tRNZAFFar East2 EFTS (Ashburton)1943-11-05Tiger MothIINZ878-RNZAF Ashburton, New Zealand10:00Training Duel Instruction - See archive report for further detailsInjued
Seeking further information
The pupil LAC. Neil Grant survived but on release fell out of the inverted wreckage and broke his neck. He subsequently recovered and was awarded his wings in March 1945. Great South Road, Taupiri, the Waikato District of New Zealand
He was unfortunately killed in a motor accident on his way home from the Auckland Glider Club on the 3st July 1964.
3090 GrantIan CurtisPilot Officer41898Age 23RNZAF1941-12-23KilledUnited Kingdom, Moreton-in-marsh New Cemetery, Sec. K. Grave 6.Son Of Ian Percy And Myrtle Eileen Grant, Of Inglewood, Taranaki, New Zealand.
3091 GrantHorace LlewellynSergeant405254Age 27RNZAF75Sqn RNZAF
1942-09-04KilledGermany, Sage War Cemetery, 3. B. 4.Son Of Leonard And Constance Grant, Of Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand.
3092 GrantIan AlexanderPilot Officer414283Age RNZAF1942-09-17KilledNetherlands (Holland), Ouddorp General Cemetery, Row 1. Grave 3.

3093 GrantRobert JamesWarrant Officer401723Age 29RNZAF1943-06-01KilledEgypt, Heliopolis War Cemetery, 5. A. 11.Son Of John Peter And Rebecca Elizabeth Grant, Of Mission Bay, Auckland, New Zealand.
3094 GrantAllenFlight Sergeant655391Age 28RAF489Sqn (RNZAF)1943-03-28KilledNorway, Trondheim (Stavne) Cemetery, A Iv British. K. 8.
3095 GrantRonald MathersonFlying Officer413839Age 23MiDRNZAF490Sqn1943-11-18KilledSierra Leone, Freetown (King Tom) Cemetery, 5. D. 17.
3096 GrantIan Allan CharlesFlying Officer391351Age 27RNZAF485Sqn RNZAF
1943-02-13KilledUnited Kingdom, Runnymede Memorial, Panel 197.
3097 GrantDonald Cameron KitchenerSergeant527237Age 29RAF75Sqn RNZAF
1944-05-23KilledBelgium, Heverlee War Cemetery, 6. C. 7.Son Of Gregor James Grant And Catherine Grant, Of Bearsden, Dunbartonshire.
3098 GrantJohn Grigor MackenzieSquadron Leader401759Age 28RNZAF1944-06-15KilledEgypt, Moascar War Cemetery, 2. C. 18.Son Of John Grant And Of Isabella Grant (Nee Mackenzie), Of Oamaru, Otago, New Zealand.
3099 GrantDonald IrvingFlying Officer405253Age 33RNZAF619Sqn (RAF)1944-07-19KilledFrance, Ussy-Sur-Marne Communal Cemetery, Coll. Grave.Son Of John And Margaret Grant, Of Oamaru, Auckland, New Zealand.
3100 GrantArthur DallasWarrant Officer421273Age 26RNZAF279Sqn, serving withSqn (RAF)1944-11-20KilledUnited Kingdom, Runnymede Memorial, Panel 263.Son Of Joseph Horace Grant, And Of Jane Grant, Of Wellsford, Auckland, New Zealand.

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