Leonard John Cunningham

Conflict:

WW2

Additional Information:

Son of John Adams Cunningham and Mary Enid Cunningham, of Hillend, Otago.

References:

CWGC

Martyn (1999)

NZ WAR GRAVES

Biographical Notes:

Leonard Cunningham was the pilot under training and John Robinson the instructor on a Harvard trainer flying from RNZAF Wigram. At 1400 hrs they were seen in a spin over Rangiora, recovered but failed to pull out of the resultant dive at low altitude.

[For Your Tomorrow, Errol Martyn, Volume 2, Page 294]

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Casualty

Service Number:

4310789

Name:

Leonard John Cunningham

Date of Birth:

01 January 1970

Place of Birth:

New Zealand

Date of Enlistment:

Not known

Unit:

Royal New Zealand Air Force

Casualty Details

Cause of Death:

Air Accident

Date of Death:

16 November 1944

Day of Death:

Thursday

Age at Death:

Conflict:

WW2

Embarkation Details

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

Cemetery

Cemetery:

Balclutha Cemetery

Cemetery Reference:

265. S.

Cemetery Location:

New Zealand