Pilot Officer

William David McJannet

Conflict: 
WW2
Additional Information: 

Son of Robert William McJannet, and of Clara Adelaide McJannet (nee Kerr), of Belfast, Northern Ireland; husband of Marjorie Elizabeth McJannet, of Christchurch, Canterbury.

References:
  • CWGC
NZ WAR GRAVES

Biographical Notes:

Douglas Cairns and William McJannet were the crew of a Dauntless aircraft, on loan from the US Marine Corps, doing air firing practice. Flying low through a valley near Waiuku, the aircraft stalled, crashed and burnt out, killing the pilot and observer.

[For Your Tomorrow, Errol Martyn, Volume 2, Page 141]

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Casualty

Service Number: 
421249
Name:
William David McJannet
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:
13 September 1943
Day of Death:
Monday
Age at Death: 
32
Conflict: 
WW2

Embarkation Details

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

Cemetery

Cemetery Reference: 
Remembrance Court.
Cemetery Location: 
New Zealand
William David McJannet
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