William Gordon Stephens

Conflict:

WW2

Additional Information:

Son of William John and Agnes Elizabeth Stephens, of Dunsandel, Canterbury; husband of Margaret Stephens, of New Brighton, Canterbury.

References:

CWGC

NZ WAR GRAVES

Biographical Notes:

While solo training at RNZAF Harewood, collided in mid-air with another of the school’s aircraft, entering a spiral dive from which he did not recover, The other aircraft landed safely after forced landing.

[For Your Tomorrow, Errol Martyn, Volume 1, Page 110]

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Casualty

Service Number:

404422

Name:

William Gordon Stephens

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:

20 February 1941

Day of Death:

Thursday

Age at Death:

Conflict:

WW2

Embarkation Details

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

Cemetery

Cemetery:

Christchurch (Bromley) Cemetery

Cemetery Reference:

322. 16.

Cemetery Location:

New Zealand