Ian Alexander McKay

Conflict: 
WW2
Additional Information: 

Son of Alexander Gillanders and Minnie McKay (nee Cheesman), of Spring Creek, Marlborough.

References:
  • CWGC
NZ WAR GRAVES

Biographical Notes:

An explosion  of hydraulic fluid aboard the Barracuda, blinded the pilot while landing the plane, which crashed into the Clyde. The other 2 crew survived, injured.

[For Your Tomorrow, Errol Martyn Vol 2 p 163]

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Casualty

Name:
Ian Alexander McKay
Date of Birth:
Not known
Date of Enlistment:
Not known
Unit:
Royal New Zealand Naval Volunteer Reserve, HMS Furious

Casualty Details

Cause of Death:
Air Accident
Date of Death:
22 November 1943
Day of Death:
Monday
Age at Death: 
23
Conflict: 
WW2

Embarkation Details

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

Cemetery

Cemetery Reference: 
Panel 9.
Cemetery Location: 
New Zealand
Ian Alexander McKay
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