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Archive Report: Allied Forces

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04/05th July 1944 487 Squadron Mosquito FB.VI NT131 F/O. Beazer

Operation: Intruder

Date: 04/05th July 1944 (Tuesday/Wednesday)

Unit: No. 487 Squadron RNZAF (motto: Ki te mutunga - 'Through to the end'). 140 Wing. 2 Group. 2nd Tactical Air Force

Type: Mosquito FB.VI

Serial: NT131

Code: EG-D

Base: RAF Thorney Island, Sussex

Location: Cayenne, France

Pilot: F/O. Ronald Charles Ostend Beazer NZ/415733 RNZAF Age 29. Killed

Nav: F/O. Andrew White Munro 171863 RAFVR Age 27. Killed

REASON FOR LOSS:

Taking off for intruder operations against road and rail movements in Western France.

Brought down over France at about midnight, crashing at a place known as Cayenne near Camp d' Avord, about 18km ESE of Bourges.

Another 487 Squadron was also lost; HX917 Flown by W/O. Bryan Ward - both crew killed.

Burial and personal details:

F/O. Ronald Charles Ostend Beazer. Avord Communal Cemetery. Mil. Plot. Grave 6. Born on the 12th November 1914 at Wellington. Prior to service worked as a carpenter for Charles Luney of Feilding. Served 6 months in the territorial army before enlisting on the 19th October 1941 at Levin. Awarded pilots badge and promoted to sergeant on the 13th June 1942 after training in Canada. Received his commission on the 02nd May 1943. Son of Charles Beazer and of Catherine Beazer (née Currie), of Feilding, New Zealand. A total of 634 flying hours logged. At least 35 operational sorties completed. His brother also served in the RNZAF. Gp/Cpt. Archibald Currie Beazer MiD. NZ/416442. Served in 7, 4, 3 and 9 RNZAF squadrons. Serving in the South Pacific theatre flying Vildebeest Hudson and Ventura, Born on the 04th January 1917 - died 14th February 1987.

F/O. Andrew White Munro. Avord Communal Cemetery. Mil. Plot. Grave 7. Son of Robert and Mary White Munro, of Walker, Newcastle-on-Tyne. Grave inscription: 'In Memory Of Our Dear Son Andy. Well Done, Thou Good And Faithful Servant'.

Researched and dedicated to the relatives of this pilot with thanks to Jenifer Lemaire and to the extensive research by Errol Martyn and his publications: “For Your Tomorrow Vols. 1-3”, Auckland Library Heritage Collection, AWMM, Weekly News of New Zealand, other sources as quoted below:

KTY 18-03-2021

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Acknowledgements
Sources used by us in compiling Archive Reports include: Bill Chorley - 'Bomber Command Losses Vols. 1-9, plus ongoing revisions', Dr. Theo E.W. Boiten and Mr. Roderick J. Mackenzie - 'Nightfighter War Diaries Vols. 1 and 2', Martin Middlebrook and Chris Everitt - 'Bomber Command War Diaries', Commonwealth War Graves Commission, Tom Kracker - Kracker Luftwaffe Archives, Michel Beckers, Major Fred Paradie (RCAF) and Captain François Dutil (RCAF) - Paradie Archive (on this site), Jean Schadskaje, Major Jack O'Connor USAF (Retd.), Robert Gretzyngier, Wojtek Matusiak, Waldemar Wójcik and Józef Zieliński - 'Ku Czci Połeglyçh Lotnikow 1939-1945', Andrew Mielnik: Archiwum - Polish Air Force Archive (on this site), Anna Krzystek, Tadeusz Krzystek - 'Polskie Siły Powietrzne w Wielkiej Brytanii', Franek Grabowski, Polish graves: https://niebieskaeskadra.pl/, PoW Museum Żagań, Norman L.R. Franks 'Fighter Command Losses', Stan D. Bishop, John A. Hey MBE, Gerrie Franken and Maco Cillessen - Losses of the US 8th and 9th Air Forces, Vols 1-6, Dr. Theo E.W. Boiton - Nachtjagd Combat Archives, Vols 1-13. Aircrew Remembered Databases and our own archives. We are grateful for the support and encouragement of CWGC, UK Imperial War Museum, Australian War Memorial, Australian National Archives, New Zealand National Archives, UK National Archives and Fold3 and countless dedicated friends and researchers across the world.
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