Allan Russell Hansen

Conflict: 
WW2
Additional Information: 

Son of Ernest and Mabel Eva Hansen, of Brooklyn, Wellington City.

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.]

 

Public Contributions:

Allan Russell Hansen was born in Hastings on May 28th 1918 and educated at Wanganui Technical College. He died as a result of an air training accident near the Omaka valley near Blenheim on 17th Febr... Read More

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Casualty

Service Number: 
414618
Name:
Allan Russell Hansen
Date of Birth:
28 May 1918
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: 
23
Conflict: 
WW2

Embarkation Details

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

Cemetery

Cemetery Reference: 
C. 13. 738-9.
Cemetery Location: 
New Zealand
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