New Zealanders who flew with Photo Reconnaissance Units
Aug 22, 2023 20:35:38 GMT 12
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Post by Dave Homewood on Aug 22, 2023 20:35:38 GMT 12
Following on from my most recent WONZ Show, Wings Over Britain: Sandy's Spitfire, I want to follow up on one matter that the show guest Tony Hosking talked about. He and his team have amassed a huge database of names - from scratch - of pilots who series with the unarmed Photo Reconnaissance Unit squadrons. They have identified 44 of them as being from New Zealand originally. But loads of the names on their list they still have not yet identified where they came from. There are possibly more Kiwis on their list. Tony wants to see if anyone can help with filling in the blanks.
The Kiwi names known so far are:
Plus one that I missed but cannot seem to slot in above:
Can you add any names of New Zealanders who flew in PRU Squadrons?
Can you identify the countries any of the others on the list came from?
www.spitfireaa810.co.uk/for-those-who-served
The Kiwi names known so far are:
Surname | Forenames | Rank | Loss Detail | Age | Adopted Name |
Adlam | Frank Percival | F/Lt | Returning from Ops 21.03.45 | 29 | |
Andrews DFC | Clifford Grainger | S/Ldr | Survived | ||
Baird | Sexton Ivan | S/Ldr | |||
Bartley | Maxwell Logan | F/Sgt | KIA 04.01.44 | 23 | |
Batenburg DFC | Raymond | F/Lt | |||
Blackwood BEM | Francis John | P/O | MIA 02.06.42 | 28 | |
Boyd | Kenneth Leslie | W/O | MIA 21.08.44 | 24 | |
Brown | Francis David Colin | W/O | |||
Brown | Roland Kenneth | Sgt | |||
Brown | W E | W/O | |||
Buchanan DFC | Roy Currie | P/O | |||
Burnet | Jack Bruce | F/Lt | MIA 02.10.43 | 27 | |
Carpenter | Eric Paris Brooke | W/O | |||
Clark DFC | Leonard Ernle | S/Ldr | |||
Coldbeck DFC | Harry Gift | F/Lt Act | POW 10.11.42 | ||
Coleman | John Herbert | P/O | KIA 19.05.40 | 27 | |
Cotterill DFC | George William | F/Lt | |||
Cottrell | Spence Grainger | F/Sgt | MIA 21.04.43 | 22 | |
Croy | Douglas Marchbank | P/O | Killed in Training 07.08.43 | 22 | |
Cummins MBE | Peter Lindly Dick | F/Lt | |||
Debenham | Thomas Reginald | W/O | |||
Dooley | William James | P/O | POW 14.05.43 | ||
Foster DFC CdeG | Ronald Henry | F/Lt | |||
Gray DFC | Eric Lindsay | F/Lt | |||
Hallam | Ian Lewis McGregor | S/Ldr | POW 24.08.42 | ||
Hardman | Donald Francis Ignatius | Sgt | MIA 03.03.43 | 26 | |
Hickey | James Brian | W/O | |||
Jones | Ralph Leopold | F/O | KIA 18.03.43 | 21 | |
Lankshear | Ernest Howard | F/Sgt | MIA 21.04.43 | 25 | |
Lavin | James Francis | F/O | |||
Loasby | Laurence David | F/O | MIA 10.4.41 | 23 | |
Martyn | Frederick Thomas | Sgt | Killed in training 11.09.42 | 21 | |
Millen DFC | Samuel James | P/O | KIA 16.12.40 | 26 | |
Milne OBE DFC | Cecil Dunn | F/Lt | POW 25.04.40 | ||
Newman DFC & Bar | Kossuth John | W/Cdr | |||
O'Brien | Arthur Haig | F/O | |||
Olson DFC | Olaf Patrick | F/Lt | POW 29.12.44 | ||
Papps DFC | Colin Ernest Baird | F/Lt | |||
Parker | William Baker | F/Lt | |||
Richmond DFC | Ian Gordon | F/O | POW 30.06.42 | ||
Swift DFC | James Frederick | F/O | KIA 30.09.41 | ||
Turton | Robert Alfred | F/O | KIA 01.11.43 | 22 | |
Tye DFC | Andrew Frederick Henderson | W/Cdr | KIA 01.07.45 | 24 |
Wendelken | William John | F/Lt | 16Sqn | ||
Whaley DFC | Noel Patrick | F/Lt | KIA 24.12.44 | 24 |
Plus one that I missed but cannot seem to slot in above:
Hall DFC | Peter Francis Locker | P/O |
Can you add any names of New Zealanders who flew in PRU Squadrons?
Can you identify the countries any of the others on the list came from?
www.spitfireaa810.co.uk/for-those-who-served