Flight Sergeant [Pilot]

Owen Ernest Dudley Louden

Conflict: 
WW2
Additional Information: 

Son of John Frederick and Elsie Louden, of Hamilton, Auckland, New Zealand.

References:
  • CWGC
  • Martyn (2008)
  • BDM Online
NZ WAR GRAVES

Public Contributions:

Submitted by: Ian Armstrong
Relationship to casualty: Researcher
Two teenage pilots loose their lives in tragic air collision over Hawksdale. On the 27th December 1943 at 10-45 hrs, two Hurricane Fighter aircraft from 55 OTU at Annan, flying out of Great Orton, wh... Read More

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Casualty

Service Number: 
427044
Name:
Owen Ernest Dudley Louden
Rank: 
Flight Sergeant
Additional Rank:
Pilot
Date of Birth:
19 January 1924
Place of Birth:
Hamilton, Waikato, New Zealand
Next of Kin: 
Mrs Elsie Louden (mother), Fairfield Road, Hamilton, New Zealand
Date of Enlistment:
11 July 1942
Marital Status:
Single
Occupation on Enlistment:
Draughtman's Assistant
Employer:
Waikato Electric Power Board, Hamilton
Unit:
Royal New Zealand Air Force, 55 (RAF) Operational Training Unit (Hurricane)

Casualty Details

Cause of Death:
Killed in aircraft accident
Date of Death:
27 December 1943
Day of Death:
Monday
Age at Death: 
18
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: 
Sec. R. Grave 16.
Cemetery Location: 
United Kingdom
Owen Ernest Dudley Louden
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