17 N.Z. Airmen Reported Missing On Operations

Taranaki Daily News, 22 March 1943, Page 4

17 N.Z. Airmen Reported Missing On Operations

No Taranaki names appear in list. A total of 17 New Zealand airmen serving overseas with the Royal New Zealand Air Force are reported missing on operations in an official list announced last night. No Taranaki names appear among the casualfies. The -list, forwarded by the Press A ssociation, is:— Killed on Active Service. ASHER, Sgt. Walter Charles: Mrs. L. I. Asher, Auckland (m). Missing on Air Operations. BARTON. Sgt. Arthur James Douglas; Mrs. G. Barton, Masterton (m). BLINCOE. Pilot Officer Kenneth Howard: Mrs. K. H. Blincoe, Murchison (w). CLEARWATER, Sgt. Desmond; I. Clearwater, Auckland (f). CONNOR, Sgt. Raymond Francis; W. P. Connor, Christchurch (f). COOK, Sgt. George Wood; S. Cook, Frankton Junction (fL DURHAM, Sgt. Donald; J. W. Durham. Waipu (f). FREEMAN, Sgt. Patrick Paule Deane; Lieut. J, A. D. Freeman, England (b). GIBBES, Flight Sgt. William Edmund; Mrs. W. E. Orsboum, South Africa (m). HENDERSON, Pilot Officer Raymond William; Mrs. E. J. Henderson, Invercargill (w). KARENA, Sgt. Peeti Rotana; C. KWhite, Opapa (f). McCULLOUGH, Pilot Officer John; Mrs. E. J. McOullough, Christchurch (m). MURPHY, Sgt. Terence Austin; R. Murphy, Dannevirke (f). PARKER, Sgt. Howard Russell; Mrs. O. T. Parker, Christchurch (w). REDDING, Sgt. Randolph Ernest; Mrs. H. G. Redding, Wellington (m). SHORT, Flying Officer Sydney Armstrong Haig; T. B. Short. Paeroa (f). SMITH, Sgt. Keith James Stockley; H. Smith, Wellington (f). VEYSEY, Sgt. William John; R. Veysey. Nelson (f). Injured on Active Service. CHALMERS, Sgt. James Chute; Mrs. N. B. Chalmers, Invercargill (m). WTLSON, Sgt. Hamish Auckland; Mrs. M. B. Wilson, Paeroa (m). Slightly injured on active service: — ETWELL, Sgt. Leonard Vernon Frederick; W. Etwell, Christchurch (f). McPHAIL, Sgt. John Sydney James; TM. McPhail, Gore Cf). Missing, Believed Killed. Previously reported missing: — BURGESS, Sgt. James Michael; Marton. CHAPMAN, Flight Sgt. Kenneth Dudley; Wellington. HANNAH, Sgt. Wilfred James; Christchurch. JARVIS, Sgt. Alfred William; Dunedin. THOMPSON, Sgt. Wilfred Strachan; Dunedin. Death Fresumed. Previbtisly reported missing: — MEYER, Flight Sgt. Noel Roy; Christchurch. TRENGROVE, Pilot Officer Raymond Wickliffe John; Dunedin.