Lieutenant

Adrian Hugh Churchill

MiD (WW2)

Awards

Conflict: 
WW2
References:
  • CWGC
NZ WAR GRAVES

Biographical Notes:

Flying from the  carrier HMS Illustrious, he was shot down by anti aircraft fire whilst attacking an airfield at Ishigaki Shima, Japan.

[For Your Tomorrow, Errol Martyn Vol 2 p 337]

Public Contributions:

My father Lt Cmdr (A) Douglas R Park RNZNVR sailed for the UK in January 1941 on SS Akaroa, to train for the Fleet Air Arm. 'Winnie' Churchill was one of his cabin companions, and subsequently a fell... Read More

Personal Tributes:

Casualty

Name:
Adrian Hugh Churchill
Rank: 
Lieutenant
Date of Birth:
Not known
Date of Enlistment:
Not known
Unit:
Royal New Zealand Naval Volunteer Reserve, HMS Illustrious

Casualty Details

Cause of Death:
Killed in Action
Date of Death:
07 April 1945
Day of Death:
Saturday
Conflict: 
WW2

Embarkation Details

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

Cemetery

Cemetery Reference: 
Panel 8.
Cemetery Location: 
New Zealand
Adrian Hugh Churchill
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