Kenneth Randal Holmes

Flying Officer [Pilot]

Conflict:

WW2

Additional Information:

Son of Frank Holmes and of Arabell Holmes (nee Scott), of Hastings, Hawke's Bay, New Zealand.

References:

CWGC

Martyn (1999)

NZ WAR GRAVES

Biographical Notes:

Flying a Wellington on a test flight, following maintenance at Fayid, the plane was seen to fly into the ground, six miles from the base. Kenneth Holmes, the chief test pilot of the Maintenance Unit, died with three ground crew on board. Kenneth had done 35 ops with 40 Sqdn.

He was the uncle of New Zealand broadcaster, Sir Paul Holmes.

[For Your Tomorrow, Vol 2, p. 103]

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Casualty

Service Number:

411898

Name:

Kenneth Randal Holmes

Rank:

Flying Officer

Additional Rank:

Pilot

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:

31 May 1943

Day of Death:

Monday

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:

Fayid War Cemetery

Cemetery Reference:

5. E. 1.

Cemetery Location:

Egypt