Wartime Diary of P.O. Neil Blunden RNZAF

[ErrolC]

Came across this diary online via ww2today.com/17th-june-1941-the-hazards-of-pilot-training-in-england

www.archieraf.co.uk/archie/1044blundenprofile.html

His operational flying was on Whitleys and Halifaxes with 10 Sqn RAF, and he was killed on an attack on Tirpitz 30th March 1942.

[Tony]

1942: 30/31st March; Ops: Tirpitz, Fættenfjord, Norway.
10 Sqn Halifax B.II W1044 ZA:D.
Shot down by flak in the Hemnefjord area. Crew killed / missing:

P: Fg Off N R Blunden RNZAF. MiA CWGC 1529990. AWM Cenotaph 20880

Photo: A Wallis
muse.aucklandmuseum.com/databases/Cenotaph/20880.detail?Ordinal=1&c_surname_search=blunden&c_firstname_search=n+r
www.cwgc.org/search/casualty_details.aspx?casualty=1529990
P: Plt Off G C Day. + CWGC 2186244
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FE: Sgt R G A Richards. + CWGC 2186319
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W.Op/AG: Sgt K C May. MiA CWGC 2186295
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Sgt W B Eastwood. MiA CWGC 232726
www.cwgc.org/search/casualty_details.aspx?casualty=232726
Flt Sgt H R Franklin RCAF. MiA CWGC 1270374
www.cwgc.org/search/casualty_details.aspx?casualty=1270374
Flt Sgt A R Henman RCAF. MiA CWGC 1799938
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