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Dennis Gordon Ritchie

Conflict: 
WW2
Additional Information: 

Son of William Traill Ritchie and Dorothy Cecil Ritchie.

References:
  • CWGC
  • Martyn (1999)
NZ WAR GRAVES

Biographical Notes:

Landing his Corsair at Ardmore, he suffered engine failure on his final approach. He raised the landing gear, in order to make a belly landing, but after touchdown struck a tree stump which ripped of a wing, causing the aircraft to set on fire. He was rescued, but died from his injuries in hospital the following day.

[For Your Tomorrow, Errol Martyn, Volume 2, Page 296]

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Casualty

Service Number: 
421533
Name:
Dennis Gordon Ritchie
Rank: 
Flying Officer
Date of Birth:
Not known
Date of Enlistment:
Not known
Unit:
Royal New Zealand Air Force

Casualty Details

Cause of Death:
Air Accident
Date of Death:
28 November 1944
Day of Death:
Tuesday
Age at Death: 
21
Conflict: 
WW2

Embarkation Details

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

Cemetery

Cemetery: 
Auckland (Waikumete) Crematorium
Cemetery Reference: 
Crem. Mem.
Cemetery Location: 
New Zealand
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