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Re: 3 Squadron loss, Hunsdon.
Sunday 7 December, 1941.
FIGHTER COMMAND.
Convoy patrol.
3 Squadron, RAF (Hunsdon, Hertfordshire - 11 Group).
Hurricane IIC Z3916
On returning in snow showers and thick cloud at 1810, struck a tree and dived into the ground a quarter of a mile north of Thornwood village, in the neighbouring county of Essex, 6 miles SE of Hunsdon. The pilot is buried at Ware, Hertfordshire. Investigators highlighted the pilot's lack of night flying experience; he had been posted in from his operational training unit with a total of ten hours, of which only two had been on instruments.
Pilot: NZ404913 Plt Off John Douglas McVAY, RNZAF - Age 28. 245hrs. 3rd op.
See:
For Your Tomorrow:A Record of New Zealanders who have Died while serving with the RNZAF and Allied Air Services since 1915. Volume One: Fates 1915 -1942.
Martyn,Errol W.
Christchurch:Volplane Press,1998.
p.158
Col.
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