Corporal

William George Blair

Conflict: 
WW2
Additional Information: 

Son of William Morton Blair and Mary Jane Blair, of Point Chevalier, Auckland, New Zealand.

References:
  • CWGC
NZ WAR GRAVES

Biographical Notes:

William was a passenger aboard a Dakota ferrying personnel to an airfield near Amiens. The Dakota crashed at Hunters Bush, Sussex, when it flew into a hill in low cloud.

[For Your Tomorrow, Errol Martyn, Vol 2 p.321]

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Casualty

Service Number: 
411154
Name:
William George Blair
Rank: 
Corporal
Date of Birth:
Not known
Next of Kin: 
Mrs M.J. Blair (mother), Pt Chevalier, Auckland, New Zealand
Date of Enlistment:
Not known
Unit:
Royal New Zealand Air Force

Casualty Details

Cause of Death:
Killed on air operations
Date of Death:
06 February 1945
Day of Death:
Tuesday
Age at Death: 
23
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: 
Coll. grave 25. E. 10-16.
Cemetery Location: 
United Kingdom
William George Blair
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