Flight Lieutenant [Pilot]

Marcel Launcelot Hore

DFC

Awards

Conflict: 
WW2
Additional Information: 

Son of Joseph Lancelot Webber Hore and Adelaide Latona Iphygenia Hore, of Whangarei, Auckland, New Zealand.

References:
  • CWGC
NZ WAR GRAVES

Public Contributions:

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Personal Tributes:

Casualty

Service Number: 
422402
Name:
Marcel Launcelot Hore
Rank: 
Flight Lieutenant
Additional Rank:
Pilot
Date of Birth:
21 April 1921
Place of Birth: 
Whangarei, New Zealand
Next of Kin: 
Mr Lancelot Hore, Porowini Avenue, Whangarei, North Auckland, New Zealand
Date of Enlistment:
Not known
Enlistment Address: 
Porowini Avenue, Whangarei, North Auckland, New Zealand
Occupation on Enlistment:
Bank Clerk Officer
Armed Force: 
Air Force
Unit:
Royal New Zealand Air Force

Casualty Details

Cause of Death:
Killed in mid air collision during a bombing exercise
Date of Death:
06 April 1945
Day of Death:
Friday
Age at Death: 
23
Conflict: 
WW2

Embarkation Details

Embarkation Body:
Royal New Zealand Air Force
Embarkment Date:
15 July 1943
Destination:
England

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

Cemetery

Cemetery Reference: 
Plot H/1. Grave 178.
Cemetery Location: 
United Kingdom
Marcel Launcelot Hore
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