Erle Rutherford Fremlin
Service number
402108
Military unit
256 (RAF) Sqdn Royal New Zealand Air Force
Address
Kawau Island, Auckland, New Zealand
Date of birth
29 Nov 1920
Date of death
15 May 1941 (19 years old)
Place of birth
Auckland, New Zealand
Employment, education or hobbies
Storeman for Mason Brothers, Engineers, Auckland, New Zealand.
- Family History
- Military history
- Extra information
- Photographs
Family history
Son of Charles Clement and Mabel Norah Fremlin (nee Anderson), of Kawau Island Auckland, New Zealand.
Military history
Enlisted 20th July 1940.
Air Gunner in Defiant 1, T3855 of 256th Squadron based at RAF Squires Gate, Blackpool, Lancashire. Squires Gate was the home of a large Vickers Aircraft factory and 256 sqdn was based there to protect the factory and nearby Liverpool Docks.
The aircraft crashed after the pilot, Peter John Taylor, lost control in bad weather. They both baled but they were too low for their parachutes to deploy.
Information obtained from New Zealand War Graves Project web site.
Erle was buried close to Peter in Nottingham Road Cemetery, Mansfield.
Extra information
Unknown
Photographs
Photo of Erle Rutherford Fremlin
CWGC Headstone
Photo of Erle Rutherford Fremlin
CWGC Headstone