Pilot Officer [Navigator]

James Lyders Speedy

Conflict: 
WW2
Additional Information: 

Son of James Brydon Speedy and Sigrid Augusta Speedy, of Wairoa, Hawke's Bay, New Zealand.

References:
  • CWGC
NZ WAR GRAVES
CONTRIBUTED
DEATH ON SERVICE (newspaper article, undated)

Public Contributions:

Submitted by: Jackie Speedy
Relationship to casualty: Niece
DEATH ON SERVICE (newspaper article, undated) PILOT-OFFICER J. L. SPEEDY Following notification that their eldest son, Pilot-Officer James Lyders Speedy, was missing on air operations, Mr and Mrs J B... Read More

Personal Tributes:

Casualty

Service Number: 
411950
Name:
James Lyders Speedy
Rank: 
Pilot Officer
Additional Rank:
Navigator
Date of Birth:
03 January 1920
Place of Birth:
Wairoa, Hawke's Bay, New Zealand
Date of Enlistment:
Not known
Unit:
Royal New Zealand Air Force

Casualty Details

Cause of Death:
Killed on air operations
Date of Death:
17 September 1942
Day of Death:
Thursday
Age at Death: 
22
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: 
Row 1. Grave 1.
Cemetery Location: 
Netherlands
James Lyders Speedy
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