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Archive Report: Allied Forces

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No. 5 Operational Training Unit Hurricane I N2606 P/O. Ronald Stanley Magee

Operation: Training

Date: 26th August 1940 (Monday)

Unit: No. 5 Operational Training Unit - 10 Group

Type: Hurricane I

Serial: N2606

Code: -

Base: RAF Aston Down, Gloucestershire

Location: South Cerney

Pilot: P/O. Ronald Stanley Magee 36256 RAF Age 25. Killed

REASON FOR LOSS:

At 07:05 hrs he was seen to be diving very low prior to pulling up in a silent steep climbing tour. The Hurricane then stalled and spun into the ground and caught fire - killing the young New Zealand pilot.


L-R: Rear; Neville Halsey Andrew 36252 ✞,, John Donovan Robins 70050 , I.H Auliff, W. Raymond, Michael Lomax Stedman 36263 ✞, Ronald Stanley Magee 36256 ✞, R.J Neal, J.B Paterson, Basil Percy Thomson 36264 ✞.

Front; RJA Leslie, William Baker Parker 36259, A.J McIntyre, Peter Robert McNab, Nathaniel Paterso 36261 ✞, Matthew John Alexander Kirdy 36254 ✞. (Courtesy Air Museum of New Zealand)

Burial details:

P/O. Ronald Stanley Magee. Woodchester Churchyard (Church Of The Annunciation). Sec. E. Grave 45. Born on the 29th March 1914 in Reefton. Educated at Reefton District High School, and St; Bede's , Christchurch. Son of Stanley Victor (died 21st March 1934, age 42) and Catherine Mary Magee (née Arnal - died 27th July 1965), of 3 Belvedere Flats, Salisbury Street, Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand. Husband of Shirley Stewart Magee (née Buchanan - died 09th March 1941, age 21).
Epitaph: 'Dearly Loved R.I.P'. A total of 9 flying hours logged on this type.. Note: RNZAF crews relatives were not permitted to have a grave inscription, P/O. Bennett however was serving in the RAF - read more about this here. A total of 9 flying hours logged on this type.

Researched and dedicated to the relatives of this pilot with thanks to the research by Errol Martyn and his publications: “For Your Tomorrow Vols. 1-3”, Auckland War Memorial Museum, Weekly News of New Zealand, other sources as quoted below:

KTY 05.12.2018

KTY 28-03-2024 Updated

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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 MWO 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', Archiwum - Polish Air Force Archive (on this site), Anna Krzystek, Tadeusz Krzystek - 'Polskie Siły Powietrzne w Wielkiej Brytanii', Franek Grabowski, 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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