William Pitt Ranger

Flying Officer

Conflict:

WW2

Additional Information:

Son of Thomas Herbert and Doris Isabel Ranger, of Kamo, Northland.

References:

CWGC

NZ WAR GRAVES

Biographical Notes:

During a formation practice , flying from Ohakea, Wallace Mansill executed a 90 deg. turn and passed too closely under the aircraft flown by William Ranger. Mansills' propeller severed the tail unit of Ranger’s plane, which burst into flames, crashing near Swanson. Mansills’ aircraft came down 350yds away on Wilson’s farm.

[ For Your Tomorrow, Errol Martyn, Volume 2, Page 354]

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Casualty

Service Number:

423319

Name:

William Pitt Ranger

Rank:

Flying 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:

03 August 1945

Day of Death:

Friday

Age at Death:

Conflict:

WW2

Embarkation Details

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

Cemetery

Cemetery:

Whangarei (Maunu) Public Cemetery

Cemetery Reference:

27 (S).

Cemetery Location:

New Zealand