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Post by smithy on Sept 11, 2017 0:33:11 GMT 12
Another question (probably for Errol!) regarding this NZer. Does anyone have the date of McIntyre's death? He apparently died in December 2011 somewhere in Cornwall.
Thanks in advance,
Tim
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Post by errolmartyn on Sept 11, 2017 10:54:30 GMT 12
Tim,
According to a post on Ancestry.com by Gail Tongs he died at Truro, Cornwall on 24 Dec 2017.
There is another post by marina_mcintyre64 that displays a photo of him which appears to have come from The Weekly News.
Both contributors can be contacted by email through Ancestry (actual email address not displayed).
Errol
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Post by smithy on Sept 11, 2017 19:21:52 GMT 12
Many thanks Errol. I'd been trying to find an obituary from one of the Cornish newspapers but unfortunately had not found a thing.
Tim
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Post by camtech on Sept 11, 2017 20:05:34 GMT 12
Tongue in cheek, but he isn't due to pass on until December this year!
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Post by errolmartyn on Sept 11, 2017 22:47:51 GMT 12
Sorry about that Tim. Was not giving you a heads up to attend the funeral, just that my keyboard insisted on typing out 2017 instead of 2011.
Cheers,
Errol
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Post by smithy on Sept 12, 2017 5:48:02 GMT 12
No problem Errol and I had a sneaking suspicion that the fingers had moved faster than the old noggin! Thanks once again.
Tim
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Post by lifeboatadam on Sept 16, 2017 0:59:16 GMT 12
I also have McIntyre down for a tour with 488(NZ) squadron in the uk from 16/11/42. No end date though.
Adam
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Post by smithy on Sept 19, 2017 6:01:28 GMT 12
I also have McIntyre down for a tour with 488(NZ) squadron in the uk from 16/11/42. No end date though. Adam Hi Adam, Sorry only just saw your post now. Sortehaug and Listemann's 485 book has McIntyre with 488 until April 1943 (no firm date of the month) whereupon he was posted to 3 Sqn (Tempests) as a supernumerary squadron leader. He's an interesting fellow, having many and varied postings with the RAF postwar and afterwards became Rolls-Royce's military representative in their aero division. He was also Head Boy at New Plymouth Boys High. By all accounts a bit of a character. Tim EDIT: Oops made a bit of a balls up of McIntyre's movements in this last post. He was not transferred from 488 Sqn to 3 Sqn but rather "went on attachment to Rolls-Royce at Derby, where he became Senior Service Instructor on the Fighter Pilots' Engine-Handling Course" (Wynn's "Men of the Battle of Britain"). After this he went to 83 GSU for conversion to Typhoons/Tempests and then to 3 Sqn subsequently. |
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Post by smithy on Sept 20, 2017 8:34:09 GMT 12
Sorry but just had to add this here as I thought it would bring a smile to the faces of a few members here. I stumbled upon a New Plymouth High School newsletter from 2006 wherein Athol McIntyre issues a challenge for old boys of the school: 1) Those aged 80 or over to send in a photo of themselves wearing their same old "Tiger" blazer (blazer worn by 1st XV, 1st XI, etc members) they had as a pupil to see if they still fitted it. and... 2) Any 85 year old who can come up with two similar girls that Athol met on a cruise in the Caribbean.  Definitely one of those who lived life with a smile on his face and a wink in his eye! |
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Post by lifeboatadam on Sept 20, 2017 22:05:17 GMT 12
Thanks Tim - your point inter helped me identify the relevant entry in the ORB. McIntyre was posted to Rolls Royce engine works on instructor duties on 24/04/43
Cheers,
Adam
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Post by smithy on Sept 20, 2017 22:47:13 GMT 12
Many thanks Adam!
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