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Howard Fleming Irving

Conflict: 
WW2
Additional Information: 

Son of Howard Richard Irving and of Isabella McKinnon Irving (nee Fleming), of Waipawa, Hawke's Bay, New Zealand.

References:
  • CWGC
  • Martyn (1998)
NZ WAR GRAVES

Biographical Notes:

Howard was the Observer on a Blenheim which stalled and crashed after takeoff from Fuka, also killing the RAF pilot and injuring the air gunner, who later died from his injuries.

[For Your Tomorrow, Errol Martyn, Vol.1, p.123]

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Casualty

Service Number: 
402132
Name:
Howard Fleming Irving
Rank: 
Pilot Officer
Date of Birth:
Not known
Date of Enlistment:
Not known
Unit:
Royal New Zealand Air Force, 45 (RAF) Squadron

Casualty Details

Cause of Death:
Killed on air operations
Date of Death:
27 May 1941
Day of Death:
Tuesday
Age at Death: 
25
Conflict: 
WW2

Embarkation Details

Embarkation Body:
Royal New Zealand Air Force

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

Cemetery

Cemetery: 
El Alamein War Cemetery
Cemetery Reference: 
V. A. 12.
Cemetery Location: 
Egypt
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