Norman William Wilson

Conflict:

WW2

Additional Information:

Son of William and Mary Wilson, of Devonport, Auckland.

References:

CWGC

NZ WAR GRAVES

Biographical Notes:

Harold Wiles was the instructor and Norman Wilson the pupil pilot on an Oxford flying from Bell Block. Shortly after take-off, the plane was seen doing a diving turn at low altitude from which it did not recover.

[For Your Tomorrow, Errol Martyn, Volume 1, Page 149]

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Casualty

Service Number:

413529

Name:

Norman William Wilson

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:

15 October 1941

Day of Death:

Wednesday

Age at Death:

Conflict:

WW2

Embarkation Details

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

Cemetery

Cemetery:

Devonport (O'Neill's Point) Cemetery

Cemetery Reference:

Block X, Grave 265.

Cemetery Location:

New Zealand