Pilot Officer

Harold Hayward Beard

Secondary Memorial: 
Rangiwahia War Memorial
Conflict: 
WW2
Additional Information: 

Son of William James and Isabella Kathleen Beard; husband of Doreen Gertrude Beard, of Kimbolton, Manawatu.

References:
  • CWGC
NZ WAR GRAVES

Biographical Notes:

While engaged in an exercise with other aircraft, the Hudson, flown by William Marshall and Harold Beard took evasive action, spun in a climbing turn and crashed into the sea near the mouth of the Rangitikei river. The navigator was William Plant, wireless op., John Aubrey and Brian McSweeney was the air-gunner. All were killed and their remains lost to the sea.

[For Your Tomorrow, Errol Martyn, Vol.2 p.133]

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Casualty

Service Number: 
422076
Name:
Harold Hayward Beard
Rank: 
Pilot Officer
Date of Birth:
Not known
Date of Enlistment:
Not known
Unit:
Royal New Zealand Air Force

Casualty Details

Cause of Death:
Air Accident
Date of Death:
24 August 1943
Day of Death:
Tuesday
Age at Death: 
29
Conflict: 
WW2

Embarkation Details

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

Cemetery

Cemetery Location: 
New Zealand
Harold Hayward Beard
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