Flying Officer

Leslie Darcy Irwin

Conflict: 
WW2
Additional Information: 

Son of James and Ethel May Irwin (nee Prisk), of Papatoetoe, Auckland.

References:
  • CWGC
  • Martyn (1999)
  • Martyn (2008)
  • BDM Online
NZ WAR GRAVES

Biographical Notes:

Leslie Irwin was the Instructor on a Tiger Moth ll with trainee pilot Murray Gillon. Was seen to crash into the sea a mile off Brighton Beach, Dunedin. It is believed that they got into a spin from which they did not recover. [ For Your Tomorrow, Errol Martyn, Volume 2, Page 241]

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Casualty

Service Number: 
429176
Name:
Leslie Darcy Irwin
Rank: 
Flying Officer
Date of Birth:
18 September 1917
Place of Birth:
Paeroa, Waikato, New Zealand
Date of Enlistment:
16 August 1941
Marital Status:
Single
Occupation on Enlistment:
Optician
Employer:
Balfour, Irvine, and Webster, Hamilton
Unit:
Royal New Zealand Air Force, 1 Elementary Flying Training School

Casualty Details

Cause of Death:
Killed in aircraft accident
Date of Death:
20 June 1944
Day of Death:
Tuesday
Age at Death: 
26
Conflict: 
WW2

Embarkation Details

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

Cemetery

Cemetery Location: 
New Zealand
Leslie Darcy Irwin
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