Operation: Patrol
Date: 07th June 1944 (Wednesday)
Unit: No. 899 Squadron Fleet Air Arm
Type: Seafire III
Serial: NF444
Code: -
Base: HMS Khedive / RAF Peterhead
Location: White Peat Bog, near Peterhead
Pilot: Sub-Lt. Kenneth Sutherland Roberts RNZNVR Age 22 Killed
REASON FOR LOSS:
Whilst climbing through cloud at 2000 ft the pilot apparently lost the leader , went into a spin and failed to recover.
The aircraft crashed in a field at location shown at 18:50 hrs.
Burial details:
Sub-Lt. Kenneth Sutherland Roberts. Peterhead Old Churchyard. Row E. 26. Grave 514. Born on the 27th December 1921 at Dunedin, the son of James Sutherland Roberts and Gladys Eileen Roberts (née Mason), of Wellington City, New Zealand. Prior to service worked as a clerk for the Defence Department.
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:
