Arthur Louis Skinner

Conflict:

WW2

Additional Information:

Son of Lewis and Anastasia Catherine Skinner, of Woodville, Hawke's Bay; husband of Mary Josephine Skinner, of Dannevirke, Hawke's Bay.

References:

CWGC

NZ WAR GRAVES

Biographical Notes:

On a camera gun exercise from Ohakea, Arthur turned too close to the target drogue and struck it with his port wing, causing the aircraft to spin and crash into the sea near Paekakiriki.

[ For Your Tomorrow, Errol Martyn, Volume 1, Page 141]

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Casualty

Service Number:

412378

Name:

Arthur Louis Skinner

Date of Birth:

01 January 1970

Place of Birth:

New Zealand

Next of Kin:

Mary Josephine Skinner (wife), Dannevirke, Hawke's Bay, New Zealand

Date of Enlistment:

Not known

Unit:

Royal New Zealand Air Force

Casualty Details

Cause of Death:

Killed in an aircraft accident

Date of Death:

04 September 1941

Day of Death:

Thursday

Age at Death:

Conflict:

WW2

Embarkation Details

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

Cemetery

Cemetery:

Woodville Old Cemetery

Cemetery Reference:

36C. 22.

Cemetery Location:

New Zealand