Pilot Officer [Navigator]

Thomas Benson Blackburn

DFM

Awards

Conflict: 
WW2
Additional Information: 

Son of Thomas Voice Blackburn and of Marion Isobel Blackburn (nee McLeod), of Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand; husband of Patrica Blackburn, of Christchurch.

References:
  • CWGC
NZ WAR GRAVES

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Personal Tributes:

Casualty

Service Number: 
39197
Name:
Thomas Benson Blackburn
Rank: 
Pilot Officer
Additional Rank:
Navigator
Date of Birth:
Not known
Date of Enlistment:
Not known
Armed Force: 
Air Force
Unit:
Royal New Zealand Air Force, 141 (RAF) Squadron

Casualty Details

Cause of Death:
Not known
Date of Death:
26 April 1943
Day of Death:
Monday
Age at Death: 
25
Conflict: 
WW2

Embarkation Details

Embarkation Body:
Royal New Zealand Air Force

Text in italics supplied by Cenotaph Online, Auckland War Memorial Museum

Cemetery

Cemetery: 
Cemetery Reference: 
N.W. Sec. Row C. Grave 31.
Cemetery Location: 
United Kingdom
Thomas Benson Blackburn
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