Flying Officer

Dean Rainsford Horrocks

Conflict: 
WW2
Additional Information: 

Son of Lindsay Robert Brownlow Horrocks, and Minnie Robina Horrocks, of Parnell, Auckland City.

References:
  • CWGC
NZ WAR GRAVES

Biographical Notes:

During an air firing exercise in the Tasman Bay, a Hudson 3, piloted by Dean Horrocks  and Vincent Hill flew so low the propellers hit the waves causing massive vibration through the aircraft. The plane climbed to around 200 ft., but soon lost height and crashed into the water.

Of the remaining crew, only the Observer, J Colway, made it to the shore, despite him being the only man without a life jacket. Air gunners Jack Bryson, Victor Chapple, Gordon Stevens and Armourer John Davis died, as did the two pilots.

[For Your Tomorrow, Errol Martyn, Vol.2 p.253]

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Casualty

Service Number: 
412234
Name:
Dean Rainsford Horrocks
Rank: 
Flying Officer
Date of Birth:
06 March 1922
Place of Birth: 
Takapuna, Auckland, New Zealand
Next of Kin: 
Mrs M.R. Horrocks (mother), 27 St Georges Bay Road, Parnell, Auckland, New Zealand
Date of Enlistment:
Not known
Enlistment Address: 
27 St Georges Bay Road, Parnell, Auckland, New Zealand
Occupation on Enlistment:
University architectural student
Unit:
Royal New Zealand Air Force

Casualty Details

Cause of Death:
Date of Death:
29 September 1942
Day of Death:
Tuesday
Age at Death: 
20
Conflict: 
WW2

Embarkation Details

Embarkation Body:
Royal New Zealand Air Force
Embarkation Place:
Auckland, New Zealand
Embarkment Date:
21 October 1941
Destination:
Singapore (13 November 1941)

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

Cemetery

Cemetery Reference: 
Block G, Grave 226.
Cemetery Location: 
New Zealand
Dean Rainsford Horrocks
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