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David Winton Adams

Conflict: 
WW2
Additional Information: 

Son of David Noble and Magdalene Elizabeth Adams (nee Schroder), of Carterton, Wairarapa.

References:
  • CWGC
NZ WAR GRAVES

Biographical Notes:

Whilst flying low over the Solent, struck the sea, bounced, stalled and crashed. Both pilots died, the other commemorated on the FAA Memorial at Lee -on -Solent.

[For Your Tomorrow, Errol Martyn, Vol 1, p 188]

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Casualty

Name:
David Winton Adams
Date of Birth:
Not known
Date of Enlistment:
Not known
Unit:
Royal New Zealand Naval Volunteer Reserve, HMS Daedalus, 825 (FAA) Squadron

Casualty Details

Cause of Death:
Missing, presumed killed.
Date of Death:
09 March 1942
Day of Death:
Monday
Age at Death: 
20
Conflict: 
WW2

Embarkation Details

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

Cemetery

Cemetery: 
New Zealand Naval Memorial, Devonport, Auckland
Cemetery Reference: 
Panel 8.
Cemetery Location: 
New Zealand
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