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Pilot Officer

Gordon Findlay Beaver

Service number 402237
Military unit 408 Sqdn Royal Canadian Air Force Royal New Zealand Air Force
Address Paeroa, Waikato, New Zealand.
Date of birth 22 Sep 1915
Date of death 27 Mar 1942 (26 years old)
Place of birth Ngatea, Hauraki, Waikato, New Zealand
Employment, education or hobbies Unknown
Family history

Son of Thomas John and Isabella Beaver, of Paeroa, Auckland, New Zealand.

Military history

27/28 March 1942 Hampden L4140 408 Sqn. Took off 19.19 from RAF Balderton to mine lay the Weser Estuary. Intercepted 22.10, North Sea off Terschelling by Bf110 R4+EC night fighter piloted by Oblt Helmut Lent Stab II/NJG2 killing all crew.

P/O Gordon Beaver RNZAF
F/S George McLean RCAF
Sgt Samuel Bentley
Sgt Robert Beale - All missing.

Extra information

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