Sexton Ivan Baird NZ39897

[Dave Homewood]

Tony Hoskins has sent me this message. Can anyone help please?

Howdy chap, I have a challenge for your colleagues and forum chaps in NZ! I need to find the family of a kiwi - or if somebody has scanned his logbooks already that would be amazing!

Sexton Ivan Baird 39897, born in Carterton 14.04.1918, died Levin 18.12.1994

Looking for his logbook records when he was flying for 540Sqn

[Antonio]

A little bit of information plus a couple of links - maybe more ASN links to follow as I scan the Mosquito entries:

WoNZ Link:  New Zealanders who flew with Photo Reconnaissance Units 

ASN Link:  Aviation Safety Network 

AWM Link:  Cenotaph Record


1943: 30th October.  Mosquito DZ424.  Ops: Operation Crossbow.
Photographic coverage of the Pas de Calais and Dieppe regions.           
                                     
1943: 25th November.  Mosquito LR414. Baird / Crofton (Flt Sgt A J W Crofton RAFVR). Ops: Photo-recce of Oschersleben, Dessau and Magdeburg.
Returned early on one engine owing the port fuel feed failure, 10:40.

[thomarse]

Well, well - I worked with S I Baird at General Motors in Trentham where he was a Superintendent on the Assembly Line - we knew him as "Terry"

He knew I was interested in aviation and we often spoke about his Mosquito days but not in the detail that I suspect Tony is after. Unlike some, he was only too happy to talk about wartime events.

[Dave Homewood]

Any idea if he had children, Tom?

[thomarse]

No sorry Dave, knew nothing of his family

Does this help?

cemeterysearch.horowhenua.govt.nz/burials/view/18125602