John Angus Ferguson

Flying Officer

Conflict:

WW2

Additional Information:

Son of William Webster Ferguson and Ethel Mythea Ferguson, of Napier, Hawke's Bay; husband of Joan Patricia Ferguson, of Stratford, Taranaki.

References:

CWGC

NZ WAR GRAVES

Biographical Notes:

While attempting a steep diving turn at full power, the starboard wing detached, causing the crash into the Omaka Valley, some 8 miles SW of Woodbourne. John Ferguson was the Pilot Instructor on board with trainee, LAC Alan Hansen, who is buried at Wanganui. [ from For Your Tomorrow, Errol Martyn. Vol 1 p.183.]

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Casualty

Service Number:

402176

Name:

John Angus Ferguson

Rank:

Flying 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:

17 February 1942

Day of Death:

Tuesday

Age at Death:

Conflict:

WW2

Embarkation Details

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

Cemetery

Cemetery:

Taradale Cemetery

Cemetery Reference:

Pbyn Sec. Block 7, Grave 41.

Cemetery Location:

New Zealand