John Grigor Mackenzie Grant

Squadron Leader [Pilot]

Conflict:

WW2

Additional Information:

Son of John Grant and of Isabella Grant (nee MacKenzie), of Oamaru, Otago, New Zealand.

References:

CWGC

Martyn (1999)

NZ WAR GRAVES

Biographical Notes:

Testing a Hurricane following an engine replacement, a coolant sealing ring blew, spraying boiling coolant over the windscreen and pilot. Attempting to land with poor visability, he came in at too steep an angle and crashed. He was killed when thrown from the aircraft.

{For Your Tomorrow, Errol Marytn, Vol.2 p 238]

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Casualty

Service Number:

401759

Name:

John Grigor Mackenzie Grant

Rank:

Squadron Leader

Additional Rank:

Pilot

Date of Birth:

Not known

Date of Enlistment:

Not known

Unit:

Royal New Zealand Air Force, 26 Anti-Aircraft Co-operation Unit

Casualty Details

Cause of Death:

Air accident

Date of Death:

15 June 1944

Day of Death:

Thursday

Age at Death:

Conflict:

WW2

Embarkation Details

Embarkation Body:

Royal New Zealand Air Force

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

Cemetery

Cemetery:

Moascar War Cemetery

Cemetery Reference:

2. C. 18.

Cemetery Location:

Egypt