Flight Sergeant

Allan McDougall Mortimer

Conflict: 
WW2
Additional Information: 

Son of William and Jane Mortimer, of Brydone, Southland.

References:
  • CWGC
NZ WAR GRAVES

Biographical Notes:

Flying a Corsair on a night practice from Ardmore, he radioed that his compass was not working . Unable to keep a course, he said that he would bale out, but flew into a ridge near Mangatangi before he could do so.

Allan had previously served in the Pacific.

[For Your Tomorrow, Errol Martyn, Volume 2, Page 341]

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Casualty

Service Number: 
4211865
Name:
Allan McDougall Mortimer
Rank: 
Flight Sergeant
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:
15 April 1945
Day of Death:
Sunday
Age at Death: 
22
Conflict: 
WW2

Embarkation Details

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

Cemetery

Cemetery Reference: 
30. 1.
Cemetery Location: 
New Zealand
Allan McDougall Mortimer
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