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Operation: Ranger
Date: 10th February 1944 (Thursday)
Unit: No. 486 Squadron (motto: Hiwa hau Maka - 'Beware of the Wild Winds')
Type: Typhoon Ib
Serial: JP689
Code: SA-P
Base: RAF Beaubien, Hampshire
Location: Chartres area
Pilot: Fl/Sgt. William Jeremiah Swinton NZ/414698 RNZAF Age 29 PoW
REASON FOR LOSS:
Taking off at 13:15 hrs with four others led ny Sq/Ldr. Iremonger flying Typhoon JB667.
No further details, but the remainder returned safely.
Group of No. 486 Squadron personnel in front of Typhoon SA-F, at RAF Station, Tangmere
L-R: On propeller; James Roy Cullen NZ/416462, died 14th June 1970 age 51, Frank Murphy NZ/411928, William Jeremiah Swinton NZ/414698.
On wing; John Robert Powell NZ/413889, killed 08th October 1944, age 22, Noel W Faircloth, Roderick Herbert Fitzgibbon NZ/411874, killed 06th September 1943, age 23, Robert James Dall NZ/41535, killed 04th July 1945,, age 32 J.A Frogatt, David Gowan Fail NZ/412665, died 17th December 2017, age 95. K McCarthy, NZ/417075?, died 1996, age 74, Jones, Norman Edward Preston NZ/41937, killed 16th September 1943, age 25 (leaning forward), Lloyd James Appleton NZ/415213, Raymond Jack Danzey NZ/416464, died 09th November 1998, age 77, Charles Norman Gall NZ/411492, died 01st June 1971, age 50, N Parkes (armourer).
Standing; Arthur Norman Sames NZ/411453, died 12th December 1980, age 62, Murray Osborne Jorgensen NZ/413086, killed 16th September 1943, age 21, Flight Lieutenant H.N Thomas (Intelligence Officer), Wallis Berkley Tyerman NZ/412008, killed 10th November 1943 age 23 , Group Captain William Joseph Crisham RAF, died 24th June 1987, Desmond James Scott NZ/40779, died 08th October 1997, age 79, Ian Dousland Waddy NZ/402915, died 16th September 1998, Arthur Henry Smith NZ/416548 , John Gordon Wilson NZ/417300, killed 25th July 1943 age 35, George Seward NZ/4211784, died 1983. (Courtesy Air Museum of New Zealand)
Burial details:
None - he survived the war.
Born on the 06th December 1921. Of Maori descent. Son of William Jeremiah Swinton (died 03rd January 1975, age 87) and Ruhiterangi 'Lucy' Swinton (née Paora - died 10th May 1938m age just 38) of Te Kaha, Eastern Bay of Plenty, New Zealand. His father served in the NZ Maori Pioneer Battalion during WW1.
Researched and dedicated to the relatives of this crew with thanks to the extensive research by Errol Martyn and his publications: “For Your Tomorrow Vols. 1-3”, New Zealand Cenotaph, Weekly News of New Zealand, Air Museum of New Zealand, Museum of Transport and Technology, Auckland, National Archives Kew AIR-27-1934-43/44.
Other sources as quoted below:
KTY 19-08-2024
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