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Jack Martin

Conflict: 
WW2
Additional Information: 

Son of Laurence Martin, and of Martha Martin (nee Pascoe); husband of Gwendoline May Martin, of Karori, Wellington City.

References:
  • CWGC
NZ WAR GRAVES

Biographical Notes:

Ventura NX4544  left Ohakea at around  9am on the 3rd October 1944 on a navigation training exercise. Due to a wind change, they drifted off course and crashed into My Egmont,11 miles from Opunake,  which was covered in cloud. The burning aircraft was found by a searching plane that afternoon and the bodies of the 5 airmen were recovered the next day.

The crew were: Jack Martin  (Captain)

                          Harold Day  (Navigator)

                          Arnold Hill  (Wireless Operator) 

                          James Mckay  (Air Gunner)

                          Frank Webb  (Air Gunner)

Source: For Your Tomorrow, Errol Martyn, Vol 2 ,p282.

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Casualty

Service Number: 
421743
Name:
Jack Martin
Rank: 
Flying Officer
Date of Birth:
Not known
Education: 
Nelson College
Date of Enlistment:
Not known
Unit:
Royal New Zealand Air Force

Casualty Details

Cause of Death:
Air Accident
Date of Death:
03 October 1944
Day of Death:
Tuesday
Age at Death: 
25
Conflict: 
WW2

Embarkation Details

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

Cemetery

Cemetery: 
Wellington (Karori) Cemetery
Cemetery Reference: 
31. J/3. (S).
Cemetery Location: 
New Zealand
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