Derek Roy Trolove

Pilot Officer

Conflict:

WW2

Additional Information:

Son of Fredrick Noel and Laura Zelma Trolove; husband of Olive Judith Trolove, of Christchurch, Canterbury.

References:

CWGC

NZ WAR GRAVES

Biographical Notes:

Flying a Kittyhawk in a dogfight exercise, he executed a steep turn, stalled and spun. It was believed that he may have been unconscious, as communication ceased before the crash, possibly due to hitting his head during the exercise. 17 days earlier he had escaped injury after another Kittyhawk set on fire and he had to abandon the aircraft.

[For Your Tomorrow, Errol Martyn, Volume 2, Page 260]

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Casualty

Service Number:

2190

Name:

Derek Roy Trolove

Rank:

Pilot Officer

Date of Birth:

Not known

Date of Enlistment:

Not known

Unit:

Royal New Zealand Air Force

Casualty Details

Cause of Death:

Killed in an aircraft accident

Date of Death:

11 August 1944

Day of Death:

Friday

Age at Death:

Conflict:

WW2

Embarkation Details

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

Cemetery

Cemetery:

Christchurch (Bromley) Cemetery

Cemetery Reference:

196. 7.

Cemetery Location:

New Zealand