Hilliard Ernest Boucher

Flight Lieutenant

MiD (WW2)

Awards

Conflict:

WW2

Additional Information:

Son of Ernest Roberts Boucher and Ruby Amy Boucher, of Epsom, Auckland City.

References:

CWGC

NZ WAR GRAVES

Biographical Notes:

Although an experienced pilot with 3 Pacific tours and an instructor, he crashed from a full power vertical dive into a hillside near Hunterville. He was performing VHF homing tests at the time. [For Your Tomorrow, Errol Martyn. Vol 2 p. 323]

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Casualty

Service Number:

402845

Name:

Hilliard Ernest Boucher

Rank:

Flight Lieutenant

Date of Birth:

Not known

Next of Kin:

Mrs R.A. Boucher, Epsom, Auckland, New Zealand

Date of Enlistment:

Not known

Unit:

Royal New Zealand Air Force

Casualty Details

Cause of Death:

Air Accident

Date of Death:

13 February 1945

Day of Death:

Tuesday

Age at Death:

Conflict:

WW2

Embarkation Details

Embarkation Body:

Royal New Zealand Air Force

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

Cemetery

Cemetery:

Waikaraka Park Cemetery

Cemetery Reference:

Area 1, Block K, Grave 82.

Cemetery Location:

New Zealand