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Morris McIntyre Bee

Conflict: 
WW2
Additional Information: 

Son of Mr. and Mrs. F. G. Bee, of Putorino, Hawke's Bay.

References:
  • CWGC
NZ WAR GRAVES

Biographical Notes:

An aircraft of the Royal New Zealand Air Force engaged in night flying from a North Island station crashed into the sea at 8.30 p.m. yesterday. A member of the crew, Pilot Officer Morris Mclntyre Bee (father, Mr. F. G. Bee, care Mrs. W. A. Kennedy, Marine Parade, Wairoa), was drowned. The other two occupants, Sergeant D. A. Leslie (Gisborne) and Aircraftman A. N. Larkman (Wanganui), received injuries classified as not serious.

EVENING POST, VOLUME CXXXV, ISSUE 66, 19 MARCH 1943, PAGE 3

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Service Number: 
417004
Name:
Morris McIntyre Bee
Name variation:
Mack (Headstone)
Rank: 
Pilot Officer
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:
18 March 1943
Day of Death:
Thursday
Age at Death: 
23
Conflict: 
WW2

Embarkation Details

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

Cemetery

Cemetery: 
Eskdale Cemetery
Cemetery Reference: 
137
Cemetery Location: 
New Zealand
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