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Pages in category "New Zealand military personnel killed in World War II" The following 59 pages are in this category, out of 59 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Māori Battalion soldiers performing a haka in Helwan, Egypt for George II of Greece, July 1941.. The military history of New Zealand during World War II began when New Zealand entered the Second World War by declaring war on Nazi Germany with the United Kingdom in 1939, and expanded to the Pacific War when New Zealand declared war on Imperial Japan following the attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941.
Served with the Royal New Zealand Air Force. Flew in Battle of Britain. [64] Robert Lawrence Spurdle: 10-DFC* Served with the Royal New Zealand Air Force. Flew in Battle of Britain, also in South Pacific with RNZAF. [65] [66] John Harry "Jack" Stafford: 2 & 3 shared: 8 V-1s: DFC [67] Gray Stenborg: 14-DFC: KIA 24 September 1943. [14] [68 ...
The Royal New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF; Māori: Te Tauaarangi o Aotearoa) is the aerial service branch of the New Zealand Defence Force.It was formed initially in 1923 as a branch of the New Zealand Army, being known as the New Zealand Permanent Air Force, becoming an independent air force on 1 April 1937.
In the mid-1930s, the Royal Air Force (RAF) was in the process of expanding and required an increasing number of suitable flying personnel. A number of schemes were implemented for New Zealanders to obtain short-service commissions in the RAF with the intention of then transferring to the Royal New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF) in the future. This ...
Air Vice Marshal William Hector Stratton, CB, CBE, DFC & Bar (22 July 1916 – 27 December 2005) was a New Zealand aviator and military leader during the Second World War and the postwar period. Born in Hastings , he joined the Royal Air Force in 1937 and served as a fighter pilot in the Second World War, initially with No. 1 Squadron during ...
No. 25 Squadron of the Royal New Zealand Air Force was formed at Seagrove, Auckland in July 1943 with Douglas SBD Dauntless dive bombers and served in the Southern Pacific based at the Piva Airstrip on Bougainville, flying missions against Japanese forces on Bougainville and at Rabaul.
Group Captain Edward Preston Wells DSO, DFC & Bar (26 July 1916 – 4 November 2005) was a New Zealand flying ace of the Royal New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF) during the Second World War. He was credited with the destruction of twelve enemy aircraft. Born in Cambridge, New Zealand, Wells joined the RNZAF in 1939