Flying Officer [Pilot]

Murray Metcalfe

Conflict: 
WW2
Additional Information: 

Son of Robert Arbor Metcalfe and of Ethel Muriel Metcalfe, of Hastings, Hawkes Bay, New Zealand.

References:
  • CWGC
NZ WAR GRAVES
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Public Contributions:

At 5.45pm on 16 Sept. 1943, 25 miles SW of Beaumont le Roger, Normandy, Flying Officer Murray Metcalfe, aged 20, 485 Sqdn, RNZAF, of Hastings shot down a Focke-Wulf 190. At around 6 pm his Spitfire M... Read More

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Casualty

Service Number: 
413876
Name:
Murray Metcalfe
Rank: 
Flying Officer
Additional Rank:
Pilot
Date of Birth:
Not known
Date of Enlistment:
Not known
Armed Force: 
Air Force
Unit:
Royal New Zealand Air Force, 485 Squadron

Casualty Details

Cause of Death:
Not known
Date of Death:
16 September 1943
Day of Death:
Thursday
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: 
Grave 1.
Cemetery Location: 
France
Murray Metcalfe
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