Flying Officer

Peter Morison Duncan

Conflict: 
WW2
Additional Information: 

Son of James Alexander and Bertha Rhodes Duncan, of Mission Bay, Auckland.

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

Biographical Notes:

On his first night solo flight, at Ohakea, he undershot the runway - despite a Very Light being fired to warn him, crashed into the bank, short of the runway.

[For Your Tomorrow, Errol Martyn, Vol 2, p254]

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Casualty

Service Number: 
427023
Name:
Peter Morison Duncan
Rank: 
Flying Officer
Date of Birth:
02 November 1923
Place of Birth: 
Auckland, New Zealand
Date of Enlistment:
Not known
Unit:
Royal New Zealand Air Force

Casualty Details

Cause of Death:
Date of Death:
25 July 1944
Day of Death:
Tuesday
Age at Death: 
20
Conflict: 
WW2

Embarkation Details

Embarkation Body:
Royal New Zealand Air Force

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

Cemetery

Cemetery Reference: 
Area 4, Block H, Grave 51.
Cemetery Location: 
New Zealand
Peter Morison Duncan
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