N.Z. AIR CASUALTIES

Grey River Argus, 14 May 1943, Page 3

N.Z. AIR CASUALTIES

WELLINGTON, May 13

The following air casualties were announced to-day (rank Sergeant and designation R.N.Z A.F. unless otherwise stated): — Missing on air operations: Powell, Flight Sergeant Neil Edgar, Taihape; Sweney, Flight Sergeant William George, whose father is Mr H. W. R. Sweney, Hokitika. . . Previously reclassified missing believed killed, death now officially presumed: Bradley, John Warren, Auckland; Caskey, Flight Sergeant Robin William, Hastings; Clark, Flight Sergeant Terence George, Wellington, Dobbin, Acting Flight Lieutenant Laurence St. George, Milford; Dobson, Pilot Officer Charles Dudley, Hawarden; Grant, Pilot Officer lan Alexander, England; Jury, Jack Leslie, Auckland Millar, Douglas Lloyd George, Christchurch; Parks, Flight Sergeant Eric, Auckland; Rowe, Norman John, Nelson;Ryan, Flying Officer Patrick Hugh, Westport; Sleep, Ronald Robert Theodore, Waihi; Speedy, Pilot Officer James Lyders, Palmerston North; Webster, Pilot Officer John Colin, Dunedin. Previously reported missing, death now officially presumed: Brailey, Clifton Robert, Lower Hutt; Bryson, Flight Sergeant Norman Albert, Christchurch; Earle. Pilot Officer John, Auckland; Flower, William Harvey. Tauranga; Frostick, Gordon MacDonald, Napier; McKenzie, Donald John, Awarua Plains; McLean, Andrew Fraser, Whakatane; Miller, Flight Lieutenant Charles William, R.A.F., Blenheim; Pepper, Terence Barnes, Havelock North. Previously reported missing, now reclassified missing, believed killed: Ray, Flight Sergeant Dudley Thomas, Te Awamutu.