Flight Lieutenant [Pilot]

Colin Frederick Penfold

DFC

Awards

Conflict: 
WW2
Additional Information: 

Son of Frederick Cuthbert and Lucie Rosina Hartelow Penfold, of Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand; husband of Shirley G. M. Penfold, of Lyall Bay, Wellington, New Zealand.

References:
  • CWGC
NZ WAR GRAVES

Biographical Notes:

We are not having much luck this this headstone! On our first visit - missing. On the second, some 4 years later, a wrong insignia has him posted to the Royal Field Artillery.

Better luck next time.

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Personal Tributes:

Casualty

Service Number: 
414335
Name:
Colin Frederick Penfold
Rank: 
Flight Lieutenant
Additional Rank:
Pilot
Date of Birth:
Not known
Date of Enlistment:
Not known
Unit:
Royal New Zealand Air Force, 640 (RAF) Squadron

Casualty Details

Cause of Death:
Not known
Date of Death:
23 April 1944
Day of Death:
Sunday
Age at Death: 
27
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: 
Plot KK. Grave 44.
Cemetery Location: 
Netherlands
Colin Frederick Penfold
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