Sergeant

Albert Leonard Brittain

Conflict: 
WW2
Additional Information: 

Son of Frederick William Brittain and of Sarah Brittain (nee Foley), of Glen Eden, Auckland City.

References:
  • CWGC
  • Martyn (1999)
NZ WAR GRAVES

Biographical Notes:

Flying a Harvard on instrument flying practise, Albert Brittain and Alfred Carless  went into a fast steep dive, and on pulling out, a wing disintegrated. The plane crashing near Marton.

[For Your Tomorrow, Errol Martyn, Volume 2, Page 195]

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Casualty

Service Number: 
4216027
Name:
Albert Leonard Brittain
Rank: 
Sergeant
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:
21 February 1944
Day of Death:
Monday
Age at Death: 
22
Conflict: 
WW2

Embarkation Details

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

Cemetery

Cemetery Reference: 
Prot. Soldiers Area E, Row 3A, Grave 35.
Cemetery Location: 
New Zealand
Albert Leonard Brittain
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