Post by apteryx on May 7, 2017 11:32:01 GMT 12
The Timaru Herald has an article about a Timaru man working in Khartoum, who took part in an Anzac Day service there organised by the British embassy. The only New Zealander buried in the Khartoum CWGC cemetery is F/Sgt Samuel Leonard Pointon.
Errol Martyn has posted details elsewhere of him and the accident that killed him. Pointon was a Hurricane pilot being ferried from Cairo to West Africa to collect aircraft, and the Hudson he was a passenger in stalled on approach to Khartoum and crashed killing all 17 on board. Pointon was 24 and had flown 9 operations in the Middle East with 33 Squadron RAF. He was on delivery duties after recovering from wounds received when shot down some months earlier.
Errol Martyn has posted details elsewhere of him and the accident that killed him. Pointon was a Hurricane pilot being ferried from Cairo to West Africa to collect aircraft, and the Hudson he was a passenger in stalled on approach to Khartoum and crashed killing all 17 on board. Pointon was 24 and had flown 9 operations in the Middle East with 33 Squadron RAF. He was on delivery duties after recovering from wounds received when shot down some months earlier.