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Alastair Easson Dinnie

Conflict: 
WW2
Additional Information: 

Son of Alexander Dinnie and of Nellie Dinnie (nee Easson), of Napier, Hawke's Bay, New Zealand; husband of Betty Lois Dinnie.

References:
  • CWGC
  • Martyn (1998)
NZ WAR GRAVES

Biographical Notes:

Flying a Blenheim on a operation to El Adem, the aircraft failed to return to base and was found crashed and burned out in the desert. It was possibly the result of a large dust storm passing through at the time.

[ For Your Tomorrow, Vol.1, p 272.]

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Casualty

Service Number: 
411384
Name:
Alastair Easson Dinnie
Rank: 
Flying Officer
Date of Birth:
Not known
Date of Enlistment:
Not known
Unit:
Royal New Zealand Air Force, 117 (RAF) Squadron

Casualty Details

Cause of Death:
Killed on air operation
Date of Death:
20 November 1942
Day of Death:
Friday
Age at Death: 
24
Conflict: 
WW2

Embarkation Details

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

Cemetery

Cemetery: 
El Alamein War Cemetery
Cemetery Reference: 
XXVII. F. 1.
Cemetery Location: 
Egypt
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