Flying Officer

Bernard Thomas Connell

Conflict: 
WW2
Additional Information: 

Son of John Simms Connell and of Cecelia Connell (nee Hornby), of Papanui, Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand.

References:
  • CWGC
  • Martyn (1999)
NZ WAR GRAVES

Biographical Notes:

The navigator aboard a  B-26 Marauder aircraft, was lost without trace on a torpedo patrol in the Agean Sea.

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Personal Tributes:

Casualty

Service Number: 
402853
Name:
Bernard Thomas Connell
Rank: 
Flying Officer
Date of Birth:
Not known
Date of Enlistment:
Not known
Unit:
Royal New Zealand Air Force, 14 (RAF) Squadron

Casualty Details

Cause of Death:
Killed on air operations
Date of Death:
15 February 1943
Day of Death:
Monday
Age at Death: 
25
Conflict: 
WW2

Embarkation Details

Embarkation Body:
Royal New Zealand Air Force

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

Cemetery

Cemetery: 
Cemetery Reference: 
Column 277.
Cemetery Location: 
Egypt
Bernard Thomas Connell
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