Douglas Martin James Cairns

Sergeant

Conflict:

WW2

Additional Information:

Son of James Ernest Smart Cairns and Doris Beryl Cairns, of Remuera, Auckland.

References:

CWGC

NZ WAR GRAVES

Biographical Notes:

Douglas Cairns and William McJannet were the crew of a Dauntless aircraft, on loan from the US Marine Corps, doing air firing practice. Flying low through a valley near Waiuku, the aircraft stalled, crashed and burnt out, killing the pilot and observer.

[For Your Tomorrow, Errol Martyn, Volume 2, Page 141]

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Casualty

Service Number:

422687

Name:

Douglas Martin James Cairns

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:

13 September 1943

Day of Death:

Monday

Age at Death:

Conflict:

WW2

Embarkation Details

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

Cemetery

Cemetery:

Auckland (Waikumete) Cemetery

Cemetery Reference:

Prot. Soldiers Area H, Row 2, Grave 17.

Cemetery Location:

New Zealand