Ronald Frederick Charles Jones

Conflict:

WW2

Additional Information:

Son of Alfred Frederick and Elsie Florence Jones, of Castlecliff.

References:

CWGC

NZ WAR GRAVES

Biographical Notes:

"While engaged in solo flying practice, Leading Aircraftman Ronald Frederick Charles Jones, R.N.Z.A.F., an airman pilot under training, crashed near Ohura on Saturday and was killed. His next-of-kin is his mother, Mrs. E. F. Jones, 68 Lombard Street. Palmerston North. A court of inquiry will be held. "

EVENING POST, VOLUME CXXVIII, ISSUE 57, 9 MARCH 1942, PAGE 6

After being lost on a solo flight, Ronald attempted to land on a football field, crashing the plane, a Tiger Moth ii, during a difficult, obstructed, approach. source: For Your Tomorrow, Errol Martyn, Vol 1, p187.

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Casualty

Service Number:

415764

Name:

Ronald Frederick Charles Jones

Date of Birth:

Not known

Date of Enlistment:

Not known

Unit:

Royal New Zealand Air Force

Casualty Details

Cause of Death:

Air Accident

Date of Death:

07 March 1942

Day of Death:

Saturday

Age at Death:

Conflict:

WW2

Embarkation Details

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

Cemetery

Cemetery:

Palmerston North (Kelvin Grove) Cemetery

Cemetery Reference:

41. C. 3.

Cemetery Location:

New Zealand