AIR CASUALTIES.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume 62, Issue 8, 21 October 1941, Page 6

AIR CASUALTIES.

TWO ACCIDENTAL DEATHS.

(PA) WELLINGTON, Oct. 20. The following air casualties were announced to-night:—

Sergeant Frederick Lionel Roy Mood, missing as a result of ait* operations. Mother, Mrs A. Holt, Wannate North. , m, i Sergeant Allan Irving Gate, killed as a result of an aircraft accident. Mother, Mrs D. -T. Gate, ClaudeSergeant (Gordon James McGill-Nutt, lost his life as the result of an aircraft accident. Mother, Mis • M. McGill-Nutt, Wellington. Sere-cant Nelville Henry Welsh, missing as a result of air operations. Father, Mr W. H. Welsh, Nelson. Sergeant Janies Robertson Ritchie, missing on air operations, r atiiei, Dr. Janies Ritchie, Cambridge. Flying Officer Neville Whittord Walders, missing on air operations. Mother, Mrs ili'. Walders, Nelson. Pilot Officer lan Murray Vass hield, missing oil air operations. Mother, Mrs D. Field, Richmond. Pilot Officer Miles Arthur George Mason, previously reported missing, now officially presumed that death occurred in February, 1941. Father, Mr C. W. Mason, Nelson. Pilot Officer Trevor Bernard Robertson, missing on air operations. Father, Captain W. Robertson, Auckland. Sergeant 'Robert Boswell Blakeway, previously reported missing, believed prisoner of war, now prisoner of war, and wounded. Father, -Mr L .A. Blakeway, Christchurch. Sergeant John Alfred Edwards, missing o>i air operations, l'ather, Ml C. Edwards, Auckland.