Russell Byers Adams

Conflict:

WW2

Additional Information:

Son of Jubilee Arthur and Jessie Hepzibeth Adams, of New Brighton, Canterbury.

References:

CWGC

NZ WAR GRAVES

Biographical Notes:

Flying a Sea Hurricane From HMS Landrail, a naval air base in Scotland, Russel Adams collided with an RAF Hurricane during a dogfight exercise. He crashed in to the sea off the coast of Kintyre, his remains not recovered.

[For Your Tomorrow, Errol Martyn. Vol 2 p137]

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Casualty

Name:

Russell Byers Adams

Date of Birth:

Not known

Date of Enlistment:

Not known

Unit:

Royal New Zealand Naval Volunteer Reserve, HMS Landrail

Casualty Details

Cause of Death:

Air Accident

Date of Death:

01 September 1943

Day of Death:

Wednesday

Age at Death:

Conflict:

WW2

Embarkation Details

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

Cemetery

Cemetery:

New Zealand Naval Memorial, Devonport, Auckland

Cemetery Reference:

Panel 8.

Cemetery Location:

New Zealand