Pilot Officer [Pilot]

Richard Scott Austin

Conflict: 
WW2
Additional Information: 

Son of Robert Cox Austin and Amy Charity Baring Austin, of Feilding, Wellington, New Zealand.

References:
  • CWGC
  • Martyn (1998)
NZ WAR GRAVES

Public Contributions:

P/O Richard Scott Austin died, along with his pilot F/Sgt William Stuart RCAF, when their Whitley bomber crashed whilst attempting to take off from Brunton airfield in North Northumberland. P/O Austi... Read More

Personal Tributes:

Casualty

Service Number: 
403785
Name:
Richard Scott Austin
Rank: 
Pilot Officer
Additional Rank:
Pilot
Date of Birth:
Not known
Date of Enlistment:
Not known
Unit:
Royal New Zealand Air Force, 10 (RAF) Squadron

Casualty Details

Cause of Death:
Air accident
Date of Death:
07 September 1941
Day of Death:
Sunday
Age at Death: 
21
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: 
Sec. H. Grave 284.
Cemetery Location: 
United Kingdom
Richard Scott Austin
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