N.Z. AIR CASUALTIES

Grey River Argus, 2 June 1943, Page 6

N.Z. AIR CASUALTIES

WELLINGTON. June 1

The following air casualties were announced; to-day (all members of the R.N.Z.A.F., and rank Sergeant, unless otherwise stated): —

Missing believed killed on active service: Chancellor, Flying Officer Robert Nevin, Northern Ireland. Missing on air operations: Bennett, Thomas Samuel Eric, Lower Hutt; Cobb, Cyril Thomas, Thames: Cottrell, Flight Sergeant Spence Grainger, Wellington; Cross, Pilot Officer S'ydnevi Nelson, Balclutha; Elliott, Pilot Officer Reginald Frederick. Waimauku; Ellis, Flight Lieutenant. George Ivan, Timaru; .Lankshear, Ernest Howard, Feilding; McNarey, Flight Lieutenant David lan, Dunedin; Marshall, James Robert Wyndham; Salt, lan Charles. Wellington; Scrymgeour, Flying Officer David Ross, Wellington; Tolley, Pilot Officer Alan Gray, Wellington; Upton, Frank " Wakefield. Christchurch. Previously reclassified as missing believed killed, death now officially presumed: Bowker, Flight Sergeant Thomas Layton, Dunback, Otago; Lumsden 1 , James Flers, Wanganui; Martin, George Edward, Eltham; Piper, Charles Cecil. Taumarunui; Spence Pilot Officer Nathan. Christchurch’; Swindlehurst, Reginald Frederick, Stratford. ' Previouslv reported missing, death now officially presumed: James, Pilot Officer Victor Dennis. Middlemarch. Previously reported missing, believed killed, death now officially presumed: Paape, Flying Officer John Mitchell, Dunedin.