Vernon Wellington Raymond

Pilot Officer

Conflict:

WW2

Additional Information:

Son. of Vernon Sharpe Raymond and Rewa Raymond, of Fairlie, Canterbury; husband of Patricia Mary Raymond.

References:

CWGC

NZ WAR GRAVES

Biographical Notes:

During a formation practice, the Vincent, flown by Vernon Raymond, experienced engine failure and made a forced landing at the mouth of the Pelorus river. Another aircraft dropped a message to the house of Mr. G Acton, to form a search party. The group were met half way to the plane by the two least injured passengers, and when reaching the aircraft found the pilot and one passenger, James Murphy, dead. The failure was later found to be a blocked fuel pipe.

[For Your Tomorrow, Errol Martyn, Volume 1, Page 114]

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Casualty

Service Number:

402213

Name:

Vernon Wellington Raymond

Rank:

Pilot Officer

Date of Birth:

Not known

Next of Kin:

Vernon Sharpe and Rewa Raymond of Fairlie, New Zealand

Date of Enlistment:

Not known

Unit:

Royal New Zealand Air Force

Casualty Details

Cause of Death:

Air Accident

Date of Death:

02 April 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:

Nelson (Wakapuaka) Cemetery

Cemetery Reference:

7. 48.

Cemetery Location:

New Zealand