James Hylton Mead

Conflict:

WW2

Additional Information:

Son of William Jesse Mead, and of Lily Mead (nee Collis), of Silverstream, Otago.

References:

CWGC

NZ WAR GRAVES

Biographical Notes:

Two Sopwith Camels, both painted in camouflage collided over RNZAF Harewood, while “in the circuit”. Locked together, they crashed killing both pilots, Frank Goldsmith and James Mead. Following this incident, trainer aircraft were repainted in, the now familiar, yellow. [For Your Tomorrow, Errol Martyn, Vol.1 p.225]

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Casualty

Service Number:

42782

Name:

James Hylton Mead

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:

25 July 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:

Wellington (Karori) Cemetery

Cemetery Reference:

36. D/3. (S).

Cemetery Location:

New Zealand