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Pilot Officer

Arthur Alan Wiblin

Conflict: 
WW2
References:
  • CWGC
  • Martyn (1999)
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Biographical Notes:

A Tiger Moth, making a cross wind landing at Ashburton, lost control in the slipstream of another aircraft taking off. The plane bounced on it’s undercarriage and a wing struck and fatally wounded Arthur Wiblin, who was acting as Aerodrome Control Officer.

 

[For Your Tomorrow, Errol Martyn, Volume 2, Page 251]

 

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Casualty

Service Number: 
4213966
Name:
Arthur Alan Wiblin
Rank: 
Pilot Officer
Date of Birth:
Not known
Date of Enlistment:
Not known
Unit:
Royal New Zealand Air Force

Casualty Details

Cause of Death:
Killed in an aircraft accident
Date of Death:
18 July 1944
Day of Death:
Tuesday
Age at Death: 
21
Conflict: 
WW2

Embarkation Details

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

Cemetery

Cemetery: 
Hukerenui Public Cemetery
Cemetery Reference: 
137
Cemetery Location: 
New Zealand
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