Flying Officer [Pilot]

Robert Leslie Ewert

Conflict: 
WW2
Additional Information: 

Son of Leslie and Ethel Ewert, of Rotorua, Auckland, New Zealand.

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

Biographical Notes:

Flying a Whitley bomber on a cross country training flight, flew into the ground in low cloud.

[For Your Tomorrow, Errol Martyn, Vol 1 P 278]

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Casualty

Service Number: 
414383
Name:
Robert Leslie Ewert
Rank: 
Flying Officer
Additional Rank:
Pilot
Date of Birth:
Not known
Next of Kin: 
Mrs L.F. Ewart (wife), Box 176, Rotorua, New Zealand
Date of Enlistment:
Not known
Unit:
Royal New Zealand Air Force, 296 (RAF) Squadron

Casualty Details

Cause of Death:
Air Accident
Date of Death:
08 December 1942
Day of Death:
Tuesday
Age at Death: 
26
Conflict: 
WW2

Embarkation Details

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

Cemetery

Cemetery: 
Cemetery Reference: 
Plot H. Grave 38.
Cemetery Location: 
United Kingdom
Robert Leslie Ewert
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