MISSING

Grey River Argus, 7 June 1943, Page 4

MISSING

N.Z. FLYING BOAT

WITH FIFTEEN ABOARD

Nearly All Airmen

P.A. WELLINGTON, June 6. A flying' boat of the R.N.Z.A.F. has been reported to be missins on a sea flight on Saturday. The plane carried a crew of seven and eight passengers. Extensive searches have been made and more are being carried out. Those missing are:— Crew: Squadron Leader Ronald Bruce Leslie MacGregor. A.F.C. (Wife. Mrs. R. L. MacGregor, Christchurch). _ . Flying Officer Jack Eric Morison. (Father, Mr. G. L. Morison, Wellington/. „, Pilot Officer Douglas Edmund Wood. (Wife, Mrs. Rona Wood, Auckland). Flight Sergeant Gordon Marsh Adie.°(Wife, Mrs. M. F. Adie, Christchurch;. Flight Sergeant Bruce Alexander Godley Bond. (Wife. Mrs. M. Bond, Alberta, Canada and father, Mr. E. Bond, Waipawa). Leading Aircraftman Hector Alexander Gordon McGregor. (Mother, jKrs. A. G. McGregor, Palmerston North). ' ' Leading Aircraftman Ivan James Waldie. (Father, Mr. R. G. Waldie, Timaru).

Passengers: Flight Lieutenant Maxwell William McCormick. (Mother, Mrs. A A. McCormick, Auckland). Flight Lieutenant John Robert Mills Nicholson, Medical Officer. (Mother, Mrs. E. J. Nicholson, Christchurch).

Flying Officer Alan Edmund Wilkie Bradmore. (Wife, Mrs., I. A. Bradmore, Auckland). Sergeant Henry Martin Kennedy. (Wife, , x Mrs. J. A. Kennedy, Auckland). Leading Aircraftman Eric Samuel Puddle. (Wife, Mrs. M. A. Puddle, Auckland). Leading Aircraftman John Wilfred Russell. (Wife, Mrs. A. E. Russell, Pukekohe). Captain N. J. Paltridge, New Zealand Patriotic Fund Board. (Wife, Mrs. Paltridge, Wellington). Mr. M. J. Scott, of the Agriculture Department. (Wife. Mrs. Scott, W el 1 in gton).