Pilot Officer

John Howard Sumner

Conflict: 
WW2
Additional Information: 

Son of Wallace Charles Ivan and Emiline Wright Sumner, of Hamilton.

References:
  • CWGC
NZ WAR GRAVES

Biographical Notes:

While performing aerobatics in a Warhawk, failed to pull out of a loop and dived into the ground near Raglan.

 

[For Your Tomorrow, Errol Martyn, Volume 2, Page 220]

 

 

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Personal Tributes:

Casualty

Service Number: 
4210042
Name:
John Howard Sumner
Rank: 
Pilot 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:
05 May 1944
Day of Death:
Friday
Age at Death: 
20
Conflict: 
WW2

Embarkation Details

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

Cemetery

Cemetery Reference: 
Soldiers Area E3, Grave 34.
Cemetery Location: 
New Zealand
John Howard Sumner
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