Douglas Haig Tait

Conflict:

WW2

Additional Information:

Son of William and Rose Josephine Tait, of Wyndham, Southland.

References:

CWGC

NZ WAR GRAVES

CONTRIBUTED

Biographical Notes:

Under the control of Coastal Command, and based at , Thorney Island, Sussex, Tait was flying a Swordfish ll, minelaying, off the coast of Le Havre, when he disappeared without trace.

[For Your Tomorrow, Errol Martn, Vol 1 p 257]

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Casualty

Name:

Douglas Haig Tait

Date of Birth:

Not known

Date of Enlistment:

Not known

Unit:

Royal New Zealand Naval Volunteer Reserve, HMS Daedalus, 816 (FAA) Squadron

Casualty Details

Cause of Death:

Missing Presumed Killed

Date of Death:

10 October 1942

Day of Death:

Saturday

Age at Death:

Conflict:

WW2

Embarkation Details

Embarkation Body:

Royal New Zealand Naval Volunteer Reserve

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

Cemetery

Cemetery:

New Zealand Naval Memorial, Devonport, Auckland

Cemetery Reference:

Panel 9.

Cemetery Location:

New Zealand