AIR FORCE LIST

Otago Daily Times, Issue 25426, 6 January 1944, Page 2

AIR FORCE LIST

FOUR OTAGO NAMES (P.A.) WELLINGTON, Jan. 8. The following New Zealand air personnel serving overseas have reported as casualties (the rank Is flight sergeant unless otherwise stated) : OTAGO MISSING ON AIRsOPERATIONS' Cowie, James Lindis; mother, Mrs J. T. Cowie, Lindis Valley, Cromwell. PRESUMED DEAD (Previously Reported Missing) Keller, Sergeant Ronald Frederick, Dunedin. CONFIRMED AS PRISONER OF (Previously Reported’Missing) Buckham, Pilot Officer Ralph James, Queenstown. i _• Wellington, Flying Officer William Percy, Dunedin. *

OTHER DISTRICTS KILLED ON ACTIVE SERVICE Louden, Owen Ernest Dudley, Hamilton. Shaw. L.A.C. William David, Auckland. Simms, Pilot Officer D. E., West Melton Toombs, Flying Officer W. H. C., Christchurch. . Tucker, Kenneth Guilfoyle, Wellington. MISSING, BELIEVED KILLED ON ACTIVE SERVICE Blaylock, Jack, Havelock. Rishworth, Flying Officer P. S., Masterton. Slatter, Leo Raymund, Auckland. MISSING ON AIR OPERATIONS Bernard, Sgt. Arthur George, Hawera. Burton, Sgt. Bryden Albert, Wellington. Cafr, William Laurence, Auckland. Hunt, Edward William Darragh, Rotorua. Mackenzie, Pilot Officer S. H., Whangarei. Margetts, John Edward Stanley, Christ- . church. Ferrers, Act. Flight Lieut. F-. L.. Auckland. Taaffe, Act. Flight Lieut. R. J. (D.F.M.). Hastings. Tindle, George William, Manaia. Turner, Archibald Clark, Christchurch. Turner, John Cecil, Wellington. Whittington, Sgt. Eric Richmond, Pakowhai. SLIGHTLY INJURED ON ACTIVE SERVICE Gilmore, Flying Officer B. F., Auckland. Chisholm, Flight Lieutenant C. 8., Hawera. Hayman, Sgt. John Bruce, Lake Taupo. MISSING, BELIEVED KILLED (Previously Reported Missing on Air Operations) Whitta, Neville Bruce, Christchurch. CONFIRMED AS PRISONER OF WAR (Previously Reported Missing) McGregor, Sgt. Francis Edward, Christchurch. Walker, Pilot Officer W. J. H,, Christchurch. Williams, Pilot Officer G. K., Hamilton. SAFE (Previously Reported Missing on Air Operations) Morice, Pilot Officer W. F., Wairoa. REMOVED FROM SERIOUSLY ILL LIST Kelly, A/Cl John Alan Crellan, Auckland. PRESUMED DEAD (Previously Reclassified as Missing, Believed Killed) Corlett, Sgt. Geoffrey Scott, England. (Previously Reported Missing) Martyn, Sgt. John Basil, Rangiora. Morgan, Sgt. John Gilbert, Wellington. Norman, Raymond Fraser, Winton. New Zealand List The following are New Zealand casualties : Died from Natural Causes.—Salisbury, L.A.C. Edward Mason, England. Seriously 111.-—Ringrose, A.C.2 Archie John, Christchurch.