Flight Lieutenant

Bruce Stafford Hay

MiD (WW2)

Awards

Conflict: 
WW2
Additional Information: 

Son of Herbert Miller Hay and Marjorie Hay, of Taihape, Wellington, New Zealand.

References:
  • CWGC
NZ WAR GRAVES

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Personal Tributes:

Casualty

Service Number: 
413846
Name:
Bruce Stafford Hay
Rank: 
Flight Lieutenant
Date of Birth:
02 December 1921
Place of Birth: 
Taihape, Manawatu, New Zealand
Education: 
Date of Enlistment:
Not known
Armed Force: 
Air Force
Unit:
Royal New Zealand Air Force

Casualty Details

Cause of Death:
Killed in an air collision whilst on an unsuccessful air operation to rescue a downed pilot
Date of Death:
15 January 1945
Day of Death:
Monday
Age at Death: 
23
Conflict: 
WW2

Embarkation Details

Embarkation Body:
Royal New Zealand Air Force

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

Cemetery

Cemetery: 
Cemetery Reference: 
Panel 3.
Cemetery Location: 
New Caledonia
Bruce Stafford Hay
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