Flight Lieutenant [Pilot]

Arnold George Christensen

MiD (WW2)

Awards

Conflict: 
WW2
References:
  • CWGC
NZ WAR GRAVES

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Casualty

Service Number: 
413380
Name:
Arnold George Christensen
Rank: 
Flight Lieutenant
Additional Rank:
Pilot
Date of Birth:
08 April 1922
Place of Birth: 
Hastings, Hawke's Bay, New Zealand
Next of Kin: 
Mrs L. Christensen (mother), 813 Dufferin Street, Hastings, New Zealand
Date of Enlistment:
Not known
Enlistment Address: 
Hastings, Hawkes Bay, New Zealand
Armed Force: 
Air Force
Unit:
Royal New Zealand Air Force, 26 (RAF) Squadron

Casualty Details

Cause of Death:
Shot by the Gestapo after escaping from Stalag Luft III POW Camp
Date of Death:
29 March 1944
Day of Death:
Wednesday
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: 
Coll. grave 9. A.
Cemetery Location: 
Poland
Arnold George Christensen
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