Raymond Robert Todd

Sergeant

Conflict:

WW2

Additional Information:

Son of Robert Todd and of Charlotte Todd (nee Sharp), of Auckland City, New Zealand.

References:

CWGC

Martyn (1998)

NZ WAR GRAVES

Biographical Notes:

Raymond was the Wierless Operator aboard a Baltimore 2, on anti submarine patrol off the Egyptian coast. One engine cut out due to fuel starvation, causing the other to overheat. The plane crash landed on a beach 10 miles east of Rumana, The other 3 of the 4 crew survived. {For Your Tomorrow, Errol Martyn, Vol 1 p.258]

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Casualty

Service Number:

405537

Name:

Raymond Robert Todd

Rank:

Sergeant

Date of Birth:

Not known

Next of Kin:

Robert Todd (father), Auckland, New Zealand

Date of Enlistment:

Not known

Unit:

Royal New Zealand Air Force, 203 (RAF) Squadron

Casualty Details

Cause of Death:

Killed on air operations

Date of Death:

15 October 1942

Day of Death:

Thursday

Age at Death:

Conflict:

WW2

Embarkation Details

Embarkation Body:

Royal New Zealand Air Force

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

Cemetery

Cemetery:

Ismailia War Memorial Cemetery

Cemetery Reference:

7. D. 6.

Cemetery Location:

Egypt