Leading Airman

Ewan Seymour Ingle

Conflict: 
WW2
Additional Information: 

Son of David and Blanche Marion Ingle, of Marton, Wellington, New Zealand.

References:
  • CWGC
NZ WAR GRAVES

Biographical Notes:

Leading Naval Airman Ewan Ingle served in the Fleet Air Arm during World War Two. Initially Ingle volunteered for service with the RNZAF and was put on a waiting list for flight training. During the waiting period he applied to join the Fleet Air Arm and he was accepted into the 3rd Scheme F Draft and sailed fro England on the 14th September 1940.

Upon reaching England he was sent to the training establishment HMS ST VINCENT where he joined and completed an elementary flying training course. In June 1941 he commenced the service flying training course.

On the 19th August 1941 Ingle was killed during a training exercise when the plane he was a passenger in hit high-tension wires and crashed.

He is buried at Luton Church Burial Ground, Luton, Bedfordshire, England.  [source: Torpedo Bay Navy Museum, Auckland.]

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Casualty

Service Number: 
FX. 84620
Name:
Ewan Seymour Ingle
Rank: 
Leading Airman
Date of Birth:
Not known
Date of Enlistment:
Not known
Unit:
Royal New Zealand Navy, HMS Daedalus

Casualty Details

Cause of Death:
Flying accident
Date of Death:
19 August 1941
Day of Death:
Tuesday
Age at Death: 
21
Conflict: 
WW2

Embarkation Details

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

Cemetery

Cemetery Reference: 
Sec. A.A. Grave 47.
Cemetery Location: 
United Kingdom
Ewan Seymour Ingle
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