Harold Roger Blake

Flying Officer

DFC

Awards

Conflict:

WW2

Additional Information:

Son of Harold R. and Margaret M. Blake, of Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand.

References:

CWGC

NZ WAR GRAVES

Biographical Notes:

The 1000 bomber raid on Germany.

Wellington 1C DV/701P took off from Elsham Woods Lincolnshire at 22.48 and was shot down over Germany, crashing at Zons am Rhine, 11km south of Dusseldorf.The bodies of the Captain (Harold Blake) and at least 2 others were recovered at the time, but post -war, their graves could not be located and all 5 airmen are remembered on the Runnymede memorial. [For Your Tomorrow, Vol 1 p208]

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Casualty

Service Number:

401164

Name:

Harold Roger Blake

Rank:

Flying Officer

Date of Birth:

Not known

Date of Enlistment:

Not known

Unit:

Royal New Zealand Air Force

Casualty Details

Cause of Death:

Killed on Air Operations

Date of Death:

31 May 1942

Day of Death:

Sunday

Age at Death:

Conflict:

WW2

Embarkation Details

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

Cemetery

Cemetery:

Runnymede Memorial

Cemetery Reference:

Panel 114.

Cemetery Location:

United Kingdom