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James Walter Douglas McKay

Conflict: 
WW2
Additional Information: 

Son of Victor Walter Mannering McKay, and of Eva May McKay (nee Brown), of Invercargill, Southland.

References:
  • CWGC
NZ WAR GRAVES

Biographical Notes:

Ventura NX4544  left Ohakea at around  9am on the 3rd October 1944 on a navigation training exercise. Due to a wind change, they drifted off course and crashed into My Egmont,11 miles from Opunake,  which was covered in cloud. The burning aircraft was found by a searching plane that afternoon and the bodies of the 5 airmen were recovered the next day.

The crew were: Jack Martin  (Captain)

                          Harold Day  (Navigator)

                          Arnold Hill  (Wireless Operator) 

                          James Mckay  (Air Gunner)

                          Frank Webb  (Air Gunner)

Source: For Your Tomorrow, Errol Martyn, Vol 2 ,p282.

Public Contributions:

Date of Birth for James was 29 December 1924 see Page 84 of A Regal Heritage - book on the King Family being the descendants of Philip & Sarah King nee Mannering published in 2000 celebrating 125... Read More

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Casualty

Service Number: 
4313186
Name:
James Walter Douglas McKay
Rank: 
Sergeant
Date of Birth:
29 December 1924
Date of Enlistment:
Not known
Unit:
Royal New Zealand Air Force

Casualty Details

Cause of Death:
Air Accident
Date of Death:
03 October 1944
Day of Death:
Tuesday
Age at Death: 
19
Conflict: 
WW2

Embarkation Details

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

Cemetery

Cemetery: 
Wallacetown Cemetery
Cemetery Reference: 
6. 34.
Cemetery Location: 
New Zealand
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