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# | Name* | First Names | Title | Rank | RAF Equivalent Rank | Service No. | Born | Nationality | Role | Awards | Air Force | Command | Unit | DateofIncident *See Note | Aircraft | Type | Serial | Code | Victories (Fighters) | Base | Time | Mission | Incident | Fate | Commemorated | Photo (Click to Expand) | Referring Database | Notes | Links/Archive Reports |
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1501 | Grainger | Eric | Sergeant | 625045 | UK | Flight Engineer | RAFVR | Bomber Command | 75Sqn RNZAF | 1943-06-22 | Stirling | III | EH889 | AA-Z | Newmarket | 2348 | Mulheim | Shot down by a Bf 110 G-4 night fighter flown by Feldwebel Heinz Vinke of the 11./NJG 1. Crashed in IJsselmeer | Killed | Runnymede Memorial Panel 151. United Kingdom | Accident report | CWGC | |||||||
1502 | Grainger | Eric | Sergeant | 625045 | UK | Flight Engineer | RAFVR | Bomber Command | 75Sqn RNZAF | 1943-04-10 | Stirling | III | BF455 | AA-Y | RAF Newmarket, Suffolk | 2355 | Frankfurt | Hit by A.A. fire and enemy night fighter. Ran out of petrol and ditched in Channel off Shoreham Sussex. <> See Archive report for further detauls | Rescued | Later: Runnymede Memorial. Panel 151 | Accident report | Son of William Henry and Myra Grainger. No further details - are you able to assist? | |||||||
1503 | Grange | T | Sergeant | Bomber Command | 75Sqn RNZAF | 1943-08-31 | Stirling | III | EF501 | AA-K | Mepal | 2023 | Berlin | Crashed at Potsdam | Killed | Runnymede | |||||||||||||
1504 | Grant | Reginald Joseph Cowan | WCdr | New Zealand | Pilot | RAF RNZAF | Fighter Command | 145Sqn 485Sqn (NZ) 122Wg | 8 [7+1] | Killed 1944-02-28 | Ace | ||||||||||||||||||
1505 | Grant | Donald Cameron Kitchener | Sergeant | 527237 | Air Gunner | RAFVR | Bomber Command | 75 Sqn RNZAF | 1944-05-22 | Lancaster | I | ME690 | AA:Z | Mepal | 22:49 | Dortmund | See archive report for details | Killed | Heverlee War Cemetery. Grave 6.C.7 | Archive Report Attacker |
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1506 | Grant | Ian Alexander | Pilot Officer | NZ/414283 | New Zealander | Pilot | RNZAF | Bomber Command | 11 OTU | 1942-09-16 | Wellington | IC | DV480 | OP-N Bar (Call sign 5CUN Bar) | RAF Bassingbourne, Cambridgeshire | 2030 | Essen | Crashed on a sandbank in the Springersdiep between the Punt van Goeree and the Hompelvoet at 0010 (Flak?) | Killed | Ouddorp 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. | |||||||
1507 | Grant | Reginald Joseph Cowan | Wing Commander | NZ/391352 | Pilot | DFC and bar, DFM | RNZAF | Fighter Command | 122 Wing | 1944-02-28 | Mustang | III | FX996 | YT-? | RAF Gravesend, Kent | 1235 | Ramrod | See archive report for further details | Killed | Brookwood Military Cemetery. Grave 2.K.6 | Read Archive Report | ||||||||
1508 | Grant | Ian Allan Charles | Flying Officer | NZ/391351 | Age 27 | New Zealand | Pilot | RNZAF | Fighter Command | 485Sqn RNZAF | 1943-02-13 | Spitfire | Vb | BM482 | UO-W | RAF Weshampnett, Sussex | 1140 | Rodeo 168 | See archive report for further details | Missing - believed killed | Runnymede 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. | Read Archive Report | |||||
1509 | GRant | D I | Flying Officer | RNZAF | Bomber Command | 619Sqn | 1944-07-18 | Lancaster | III | PB245 | PG-Z | Dunholme Lodge | 2258 | Revigny | Crashed Ussy-sur-Marne {Seine-et-Marne} | Killed | Ussy-sur-Marne Communal Cemetery | ||||||||||||
1510 | Grant | R H | Flight Sergeant | RNZAF | Bomber Command | 7Sqn | 1944-05-21 | Lancaster | III | ND588 | MG-Q | Oakington | 2250 | Duisburg | Killed | Runnymede | |||||||||||||
1511 | Grant | Horace Llewellyn | Sergeant | NZ/405254 | Age 27 | New Zealand | Observer | RNZAF | Bomber Command | 75Sqn RNZAF | 1942-09-03 | Wellington | III | X3396 | AA-R | RAF Mildenhall, Suffolk | 2328 | Emden | See archive report for further details | Killed | Sage 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. | Read Archive Report | |||||
1512 | Grant | James Sutherland | Sergeant | NZ/421274 | Age ? | New Zealand | Air Gunner | RNZAF | Bomber Command | 75Sqn RNZAF | 1943-08-31 | Stirling | III | EE878 | AA-P | RAF Mepal, Cambridgeshire | 2031 | Berlin | See archive report for further details | PoW No: 43260 Camp: Stalag Kopernikus | None - survived the war | Read Archive Report | |||||||
1513 | Grant | Ian Curtis | Pilot Officer | NZ/41898 | Age 24 | New Zealand | Pilot | RNZAF | Bomber Command | 21 Operational Training Unit. 6 Group | 1941-12-23 | Wellington | IC | DV422 | - | RAF Moreton-in-Marsh, Gloucestershire / RAF Edgefield, Oxfordshire | 1420 | Training | See archive report for further brief details | Killed | Moreton-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. | ||||||
1514 | Grant | John Grigor MacKenzie | Sq/Ldr | NZ/491759 | Age 28 | New Zealand | Pilot | DFC | RNZAF | Middle East | 26 Anti-Aircraft Co-operation Unit. | 1944-06-15 | Hurricane | IIC | HW408 | - | 1 E/A Destroyed | RAF El Firdan, Egypt | 930 | Air Test | See archive report for detailed information | Killed | Moascar War Cemetery. Grave 2.C.18 | 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. | |||||
1515 | Gratton | J R | Flight Sergeant | RNZAF | Bomber Command | 75Sqn RNZAF | 1942-07-28 | Wellington | III | X3452 | AA- | Feltwell | Hamburg | ? | PoW | ||||||||||||||
1516 | Gratton | J J | Sergeant | Bomber Command | 75Sqn RNZAF | 1943-08-23 | Stirling | III | BF564 | JN-W | Mepal | 2051 | Berlin | Crashed at Martensmuhle | Killed | Berlin 1939-1945 War Cemetery | |||||||||||||
1517 | Gray | Colin Falkland | WCdr | New Zealand | Pilot | RAF RNZAF | Fighter Command | 54Sqn 43Sqn 1Sqn 41Sqn 616Sqn 484Sqn 64Sqn 81Sqn 322Wg | 29 [27+2} | | Ace. Top Gun New Zealand 275 Born in Christchurch, Gray was accepted into the RAF in 1939 after two previous attempts failed on medical grounds. He flew with No. 54 Squadron during the Battles of France and Britain, and had shot down 14 aircraft and had a half share in another by September 1940. He later added another 13 kills while leading fighter squadrons and wings in the North African and Italian Campaigns, and finished the war with a confirmed 27½ kills. After the war he held a number of staff and command positions in the RAF before his eventual retirement in 1961. He returned to New Zealand to work for Unilever. He died in 1995 at the age of 80. | ||||||||||||||||||
1518 | Gray | John | Sergeant Air Gunner | RAFVR | Bomber Command | 75Sqn RNZAF | 1944-11-20 | Lancaster | III | ND911 | AA-V | RAF Mepal, Cambridgeshire | 1247 | Homberg | PoW | None | Read Archive Report | ||||||||||||
1519 | Gray | R W | Flight Sergeant | RNZAF | Bomber Command | 15Sqn | 1943-08-30 | Stirling | III | BK764 | LS-R | Mildenhall | .0024. | Monchengladbach | Crashed at Wassenberg | Killed | Rheinberg War Cemetery | ||||||||||||
1520 | Gray | Wilfred John | Sergeant | 405484 | 1919 | New Zealand | Air Gunner | RNZAF | Bomber Command | 158Sqn | 1942-08-06 | Halifax | II | W7750 | NP-M | East Moor | 29 | Duisburg | Claim by Hptm Walter Ehle Stab II/NJG1 - 2km South west of Gruitrode: 4,500m at 0240 hours. Crashed between Opglabeek and Gruitrode two villages North East of Genk and South of Bree. | Killed | Heverlee War Cemetery Plot 3 Row B Grave 3. | Sgt Gray RNZAF got stuck in the aircraft and was killed Son of Harold Joseph Gray, and of Mary Ann Gray, of Okaiawa, Taranaki, New Zealand. | |||||||
1521 | Gray | H G | Flying Officer | RNZAF | Bomber Command | 192Sqn | 1944-03-26 | Halifax | III | LW626 | DT-V | Foulsham | 2043 | BS | Ditched off Cromer Norfolk | Killed | Cambridge City Cemetery | ||||||||||||
1522 | Gray | Trevor Hedley (Roland) | Sergeant | NZ/404356 | Age 27 | New Zealand | Pilot | RNZAF | Bomber Command | 75Sqn RNZAF | 1941-11-07 | Wellington | Ic | X9976 | AA-? | RAF Feltwell, Norfolk | 1930 | Berlin | Crashed at Soarremoarre, Aldeboarn, Netherlands - see archive report | Killed | Bergen-op-Zoom Canadian War Cemetery. Grave 8. H. 2. | | Born on the 13th November 1913 in Whanganui. Manager of Kingsway Outfitters Ltd in New Plymouth. Served 7 months in territorial army. Enlisted at Levin on the 23rd November 1940 as a pilot under training. With No. 2 Elementary Flying Training School 27th November 1940. No. 3 Flying Training School 08th February 1941. Pilot badge awarded on the 24th March 1941 and promoted to Sergeant on the 03rd May 1941. 11 Operational Training Unit 19th July 1941. Attached to 75 squadron 27th September 1941. Completed 7 operational sorties. Son of Royden Arthur (died 08th April 1969, age 87) and Daisy Lennox Gray (née Arthur - died 27th March 1966, age 83), of New Plymouth, Taranaki, New Zealand and husband of Doreen Gray (née Hogarth), of New Plymouth, New Zealand. A total of 135 flying hours logged. | ||||||
1523 | Gray | James Cornwall | Sergeant | 405255 | Age 25 | New Zealander | Air Gunner | RNZAF | Bomber Command | 9Sqn | 1942-09-23 | Lancaster | I | W4230 | WS-P | RAF Waddington, Lincolnshire | 252 | Wismar | Hit by light Flak of 3/lei Flak Abt 844. crashed in the Baltic near Langeland (Korsor) at 0252 On 25 Sep 1942 a wheel and a fuel tank was found in the sea and brought to Vejrø | Missing - believed killed | Runnymede Memorial Panel 117 | Born on the 01st September 1917 at Christchurch. A farmer on his fathers sheep farm prior to service. Enlisted on the 22nd December 1920 at Levin. Son of James and Miriam Eleanor Gray (née Bailie)of Koromiko, Marlborough, New Zealand. | |||||||
1524 | Gray | Peter Maxwell | Pilot Officer | NZ/403444 | Pilot | RNZAF | Bomber Command | 10 Operational Training Unit (6 Group) | 1941-07-21 | Whitley | V | N1527 | Not known | RAF Abingdon, Berkshire | 130 | Training | See archive report for further details | Killed | Brookwood Military Cemetery. Grave 2.E.7 | Read Archive Report | |||||||||
1525 | Gray | Kenneth Neil | Pilot Officer | 40342 | New Zealand | Pilot | DFC CVK | RNZAF | Bomber Command | 77 Sqn | 1940-04-02 | Whitley | V | N1368 | KN:K | RAF Driffield | Night Flying Practice and Low level bombing practice | Training | The aircraft was “borrowed” by a 102 Sqn crew Overshot on landing at Driffield airfield at 22:40 following a low level bombing practice, it ran through the boundary fence after the pilot attempted to apply the brakes on wet grass but would not stop the aircraft in distance available. The aircraft skidded through boundary fence, across a road and into a field. The crew escaped injury. The aircraft was later recovered by a team from 60 MU on 3rd April but was deemed beyond repair and written off. (Aircraft Accidents in Yorkshire) | Survived | Plt Off. Gray awarded the DFC whilst with 102 Sqn. London Gazette 2nd January 1940. Citation reads: Pilot Officer Kenneth Neil GRAY (40342). Pilot Officer Gray and Pilot Officer Long were respectively Pilot and Navigator on a night reconnaissance flight over enemy territory during November, 1939. During the operations a snowstorm was encountered and the aircraft became badly iced-up, in addition to being subjected to anti-aircraft fire. Nevertheless the reconnaissance flight was continued but it was not found possible to reach the objective as eventually weather conditions rendered the aircraft practically impossible to control, the upper surface of one wing and half that of the other wing having been stripped of fabric and one flap jammed down. The wireless apparatus also failed. The journey home involved a flight of 342 miles over the sea during very heavy rainstorms and it was mainly due to the skill, courage and splendid team work of Pilot Officer GRAY and Pilot Officer LONG that the aircraft and crew were brought safely back. Awarded the Československý válečný kříž (Czechoslovakiaoslovakia War Cross) 9 March 1940 | ||||||||
1526 | Gray | Flying Officer | Passenger | RNZAF | Bomber Command | 138Sqn (Special) | 1942-12-10 | Halifax | II | L9618 | NF-W | Luqa | 345 | Transit | The a/c had undertaken supply operation to Egypt. Over Algeria suffered incremental engine failure, probably due to coolant loss or wrong oil used. The pilot ordered a bail out and two passengers did so but for unknown reasons the remainder stayed and survived uninjured when flying on only one engine. The a/c made wheels up landing in desert at Le Kreider, near Khebil, 200 miles south of Oran, Algeria | Survived | (Ex 70 Sqn) | ||||||||||||
1527 | Gray | Charles Roderick | Sergeant | NZ/4313159 | Age 20 | New Zealand | Pilot | RNZAF | Training Command | 2 Operational Training Unit (NZ) | 1945-08-04 | Harvard | IIA | NZ1035 | - | RNZAF Ohakea | 930 | Training | Mid-air collision with NZ1048 | Killed | Palmerston North Cemetery (Kelvin Grove). Grave 20.8.H | Born on the 20th Oct 1924 in Christchurch. Educated at St. George's School, Wanganui, and Wanganui Collegiate School. Worked as a farm hand on his fathers farm 'Glenwai', in Pongaroa. Enlisted on the 06th October 1943 at Delta as a aircrafthand. Remustered as as a pilot under training on the 26th May 1944. With No. 2 Elementary Flying Training School 27th May 1944. With No. 3 Elementary Flying Training School 19th August 1944. With No. 1 Service Flying Training School on the 30th September 1944.
Pilot badge awarded on the 09th March 1945 and promoted to sergeant on the 11th March 1945. To Woodbourne on an NCO course on the 20th March 1945. With Overseas Training Pool on the 16th April 1945. With Mediterranean Wing on the 26th May 1945. 2 Operational Training Unit 21st July 1945 for training on the P-40. A total of 128 flying hours logged with 85 on the Harvard. Son of Douglas Wanklyn Gray (died 25th February 1970, age 73) and Emma Millicent Gray (née Hall - died 03rd November 1973, age 76), of Hororata, Canterbury, New Zealand. | |||||||
1528 | Greager | C S | Sergeant | RNZAF | Bomber Command | 57Sqn | 1941-04-09 | Wellington | Ic | T2804 | DX- | Feltwell | 2000 | Berlin | ? | PoW | |||||||||||||
1529 | Green | Alfred Joseph | Sergeant | 741824 | Age 31 | Pilot 2 | RAFVR | Bomber Command | 75Sqn RNZAF | 1940-09-20 | Wellington | Ic | T2463 | AA-E | RAF Mildenhall, Suffolk | 2115 | Invasion Ports | See archive report for further details | Killed | Adegem Canadian War Cemetery Coll. grave XII. H. 1-5 | Read Archive Report | ||||||||
1530 | Green | Reginald Thomas Charles | Sergeant | 1211032 | W/Op/Air/Gnr | RAFVR | Bomber Command | 75Sqn RNZAF | 1943-04-14 | Stirling | III | BF513 | AA-E | RAF Newmarket, Suffolk | 2132 | Stuttgart | See archive report for further details | Killed | Florennes Communal Cemetery. Row 2. Coll. grave 22-26 | Read Archive Report | |||||||||
1531 | Green | Harold Lewis | Sergeant | NZ/404602 | W/Op/Air/Gnr | RNZAF | Fighter Command | 418Sqn RCAF | 1942-08-01 | Boston | III | W8264 | Not known | RAF Bradwell Bay, Essex | 2359 | Night Intruder | See archive report for further dtails | Killed | Evreux Communal Cemetery. Row C. Grave 1 | Read Archive Report | |||||||||
1532 | Green | William Raeburn | Flying Officer | NZ/416479 | Age 28 | New Zealand | Pilot | DFC | RNZAF | Bomber Command | 49Sqn | 1944-07-18 | Lancaster | III | JB178 | EA-U | RAF Fiskerton, Lincolnshire | 2238 | Revigny | See archive report for further brief details | Killed | Herbisse Churchyard. Grave 3 | Courtesy AWMM | Born on the 30th November 1915 at Marton. Worked as a hairdresser prior to service. Enlisted at Levin on the 30th November 1941. Trained at No. 2 Elementary Flying School and No. 2 Service Flying School. Awarded his pilot badge on the 27th July 1942 and promoted to sergeant on the 17th October 1942. Embarked for England on the 20th November 1942. Received his commission on the 07th February 1944. Joined 49 squadron on the 21st March 1944 from No. 5 Lancaster Finishing School. Son of William Franceys Green, JP., and Mignonette Green (nee Shepherd), of Pokeno, Auckland, New Zealand. Other sources list him as Fl/Lt but it is understood that this is a mistake. A total of 717 flying hours logged and lost on his 28th operational sortie. DFC Citation L.G. 08th April 1944: 'One night in June, 1944, this officer piloted an aircraft detailed to attack a target in the Ruhr. When nearing the target the aircraft was engaged by a fighter but it was driven off. Soon afterwards another fighter closed into the attack and before the engagement terminated P/O. Green's aircraft sustained damage. One engine was put out of Action but this did not deter P/O. Green from pressing home his attack. He Afterwards flew safely to base. This officer has completed very many sorties and has invariably displayed a high standard of skill, determination and devotion to duty'. | |||||
1533 | Green | W J | Flight Sergeant | RNZAF | Bomber Command | 625Sqn | 1944-04-10 | Lancaster | III | ND636 | CF-O | Kelstern | 2334 | Aulnoye | Crashed near Pont-de-Metz | Killed | St-Pierre Cemetery Amiens | ||||||||||||
1534 | Green | G A | Flying Officer | RNZAF | Bomber Command | 626Sqn | 1944-10-04 | Lancaster | III | PB412 | UM-Z2 | Wickenby | 1716 | Gardening | Killed | Runnymede | |||||||||||||
1535 | Green | Cyril Vincent | Flight Sergeant | NZ/402997 | W/Op/Air/Gnr | RNZAF | Bomber Command | 75Sqn RNZAF | 1942-08-11 | Wellington | II | X3646 | AA- | RAF Feltwell, Norfolk | Mainz | See archive report for full details | Missing - believed killed | Runnymede Memorial. Panel 117 | Read Archive Report | ||||||||||
1536 | Green | Leslie Cyril | Sergeant | 755095 | Age 21 | British | W/Op/Air Gunner | RAFVR | Bomber Command | 75Sqn RNZAF | 1941-11-07 | Wellington | Ic | X9976 | AA-? | RAF Feltwell, Norfolk | 1930 | Berlin | Crashed at Soarremoarre, Aldeboarn, Netherlands - see archive report | Killed | Bergen-op-Zoom Canadian War Cemetery. Collective Grave 8. H. 3-7. | Son of William and Rose Green, of Winchester, Hampshire, England. Epitaph: 'I Have Fought A Good Fight, I Have Finished My Course, I Have Kept The Faith'. | |||||||
1537 | Greenhough | C C | Flight Sergeant | RNZAF | Bomber Command | 75Sqn RNZAF | 1945-02-14 | Lancaster | I | NG113 | AA-D | Mepal | 2025 | Chemnitz | PoW | ||||||||||||||
1538 | Greening | J L | Sergeant | Bomber Command | 487Sqn RNZAF | 1942-12-06 | Ventura | II | AE902 | EG-F | Feltwell | 1123 | Eindhoven | Crashed in target area | Killed | Woensel General | |||||||||||||
1539 | Greening | Joseph Wesley | Pilot Officer | AUS/400222 | Age 21 | Australian | Pilot | RAAF | Bomber Command | 75Sqn RNZAF | 1941-07-03 | Wellington | Ic | W5621 | AA-E | RAF Feltwell, Norfolk | 2308 | Essen | See archive report for further brief details | Missing - believed killed | Runnymede Memorial. Panel 62 | Son of George and Clara Margaret Greening, of Toorak, Victoria, Australia. | Read Archive Report | ||||||
1540 | Greentree | Athol George | Flying Officer | NZ/414974 | Age 31 | New Zealand | Pilot | RNZAF | Mediterranean Air Command | 47Sqn | 1943-11-12 | Beaufighter | TF.X | LX912 | KU-? | Sidi Amor, Tunisia - El Adem (Kambut) Libya | 1145 | Torpedo Strike | See archive report for further brief details | Missing - believed killed | Alamein Memorial. Column 277 | Courtesy Jennifer Lemaire | Born on the 21st June 1912 at Morrinsville. Prior to service worked as a assistant accountant for John Chambers and Son of Dunedin. After serving for 2 years on the territorial army enlisted into the RNZAF at Levin on the 07th September 1941. Trained at 1 EFTS and awarded his pilots badge on the 10th January 1942. Promoted to sergeant on the 28th February 1942. Embarked for England on the 08th March 1942. Received his commission on the 12th February 1942. After serving with various units joined 47 squadron on the 25th August 1942. Son of Henry Arthur and Alice May (née Waldron) Greentree of Morrinsville and husband of Winifred Annie Greentree (née Tham), of 23 Mitchell Street, Invercargill, New Zealand. 460 flying hours logged. Four brothers served during WW2: Pte. Stuart Frances Greentree 25167 Born 14th July 1915 - Died 08th September 1996 age 81 21 Infantry Battalion PoW 22nd July 1942 Stalag Lamsdorf. Chief Petty Officer Ralph Waldron Greentree RNZN 1456 Born 20th April 1921 - Died 18th August 1979 Age 58. Nelson Charles Greentree. Born 01st August 1919 - Died 07th March 1995 age 76. | ||||||
1541 | Greer | Sydney Raymond | Flight Sergeant | NZ/417208 | W/Op/Air/Gnr | RNZAF | Coastal Command | 1 Torpedo Training Unit | 1943-08-07 | Hampden | TB.1 | X3026 | Not known | RAF Turnberry, Ayrshire | 1455 | Training | See archive report for further details | Killed | Dunure Cemetery. Sec. E. (White) Grave 276 | Scottish Statutory Death records indicate that four other aircrew were found in Mochrum Wood, Kirkoswald, Ayrshire at 3.45 p.m. on 7 August 1943. Flew into a high hill in low cloud and rain at Mochrum Wood, 2 miles west of Maybole. Read Archive Report | |||||||||
1542 | Gregory | K H | Sergeant | RNZAF | Bomber Command | 10Sqn | 1942-04-27 | Halifax | II | W1037 | ZA-U | Lossiemouth | 2032 | Tirpitz | Believed crashed vicinity of Elverumgaard Norway | PoW | |||||||||||||
1543 | Greig | Colin Johnson | Flight Sergeant | NZ/422281 | New Zealand | Navigator | RNZAF | Bomber Command | 75Sqn RNZAF | 1944-07-28 | Lancaster | III | ND756 | AA-M | RAF Mepal, Cambridgeshire | 2200 | Stuttgart | See Archive report for further details | PoW No: 25136 Camp: Stalag Luft | None - understood to have survived the war | Attacker Attacker Operational Record Returned to England on Monday, 14th May 1945. | Read Archive Report |
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1544 | Grenfell | R J | Sergeant | RNZAF | Bomber Command | 75Sqn RNZAF | 1942-06-29 | Wellington | III | Z1616 | AA-D | Feltwell | Bremen | Crashed at Methwold NFK | Killed | ||||||||||||||
1545 | Grenfell | John Barnard | LAC | NZ/425982 | Age 23 | New Zealand | Passenger | RNZAF | Transport Command | 40 Squadron (RNZAF) | 1945-09-24 | C-47B Dakota | NZ3526 | - | Whenuapai, Auckland, New Zealand | 530 | Transit | See archive report for further brief details and his loss | Missing - believed killed | Bourail Memorial. Panel 9 | Courtesy AWMM | Born on the 19th January 1922 at Christchurch. Enlisted on the 29th May 1942. Son of William Grenfell 8(died 12th October 1931, age 50) and of Cicely Karen Charlotte Grenfell (nee Rump - died 19th February 1922, age 26), of Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand. Armourer by trade serving with No. 3 Service Unit. | |||||||
1546 | Grevatt | James Joseph Jack | Pilot Officer | NZ/402450 | Age 24 | New Zealand | Pilot | RNZAF | Army Co-operation Command | 239Sqn | 1942-03-13 | Hawker Hurricane | IIC | BN864 | HB-? | RAF Gatwick, Surrey | 1755 | Training | See archive report for further brief details | Killed | Bridgwater Cemetery (Quantock Road). Sec. C. Grave 178 | Courtesy AWMM | Born on the 17th March 1917 at Auckland. Played for Massey Agricultural College, University Hockey Club 1938, 39 and 1940. Worked for W.G. Grevatt and sons (builders) prior to service. A member of the Aukland Aero Club. Served in the New Zealand territorial army for 15 months. Member of the Middle District Aero Club and gained his 'A' licence on the 11th October 1939. A total of 13 flying hours logged prior to enlisting in the RNZAF. Enlisted at Whenuapai, North Island on the 09th July 1940 as an aircraft hand but remastered as a 21st December 1940. Trained at No. 3 Elementary Flying Training School joining on the 02nd March 1941. Further training with No. 3 Flying Training School joining on the 12th April 1941. Pilots badge awarded on the 25th May 1941 and commissioned on the 05th July 1941. Embarked for England on the 22nd July 1941. Further training with 41 Operational Training Unit joining on the 16th September 1941. Joined 239 Squadron on the on the 29th November 1941. Slightly injured in a road traffic accident on the 07th February 1942 being treated at the Station Sick Quarters, rejoining squadron on the 29th February 1942. Son of Charles Edward Grevatt (died 01st April 1960) and of Minnie Rose Grevatt (nee Blaikie - died 03rd January 1970), brother of Roie Nancy Grevatt (died 22nd February 2009, age 93) of Herne Bay, Auckland, New Zealand. A total of 291 flying hours logged. | ||||||
1547 | Grieveson | J | Sergeant | Bomber Command | 75Sqn RNZAF | 1945-03-21 | Lancaster | III | LM733 | AA-R | Mepal | 1001 | Munster | Broke in two in target area | PoW | ||||||||||||||
1548 | Griffith | R E | Sergeant | Bomber Command | 75Sqn RNZAF | 1943-11-19 | Stirling | III | LJ442 | JN-F | Mepal | 1701 | Leverkusen | Crashed Horrues Belgium | Evader | ||||||||||||||
1549 | Griffiths | Rex Vernon | Flight Sergeant | NZ/415077 | Age 20 | New Zealand | Air Gunner | RNZAF | Bomber Command | 115Sqn | 1943-09-14 | Lancaster | II | DS780 | KO-Z | RAF Little Snoring, Norfolk | 1053 | Training | See archive report for further details | Killed | Cambridge City Cemetery. Grave 13738 | courtesy courtesy Auckland Cenotaph | Read Archive Report | Read Archive Report | |||||
1550 | Griffiths | W H J | Pilot Officer | RNZAF | Bomber Command | 158Sqn | 1942-04-12 | Wellington | II | W5358 | NP-T | Driffield | 2212 | Essen | Crashed near Koln | PoW |
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