Lionel Mountjoy Squire

Flight Lieutenant

Conflict:

WW2

Additional Information:

Son of William Mountjoy Squire and Myrtle Hillis Squire, of Hamilton; husband of Doris Christine Squire, of Raglan, Waikato.

References:

CWGC

NZ WAR GRAVES

Biographical Notes:

On a ferry flight from Nelson to Blenheim, the Vildebeest lll was seen emitting thick black smoke on take-off. The aircraft turned to land, but was not turned into the wind. The pilot, Lionel Squire made a steep right hand turn, but stalled and dived into the adjacent golf course. The pilot and Wireless Op, Lindo Thompson were killed, passenger, Ernest Johnson, died of injuries in Nelson Hospital the next morning.

[For Your Tomorrow, Errol Martyn, Volume 1, Page 116]

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Casualty

Service Number:

2525

Name:

Lionel Mountjoy Squire

Rank:

Flight Lieutenant

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:

09 April 1941

Day of Death:

Wednesday

Age at Death:

Conflict:

WW2

Embarkation Details

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

Cemetery

Cemetery:

Hamilton East Public Cemetery

Cemetery Reference:

Public Area A6, Row P, Grave 1.

Cemetery Location:

New Zealand