Desmond Aubrey DACRE
391327
Des at school 1928
Sergeant
(Observer)
218 Sqdn,
Royal
New Zealand Air Force
Died on Saturday, 21st June 1941, at the age of 26
Commemorated
and
Remembered with Honour
at the
Runnymede
Memorial, London on Panel 63
Son of
Ranulph
George and Eileen Alice Dacre,
of Mt
Eden,
Auckland, N Z
January 2006
Wellington Ic bomber R1713 HA-V took off from Marham, Norfolk at about 2220 on 20 June
for a raid on Kiel, Germany. The aircraft and crew were lost without trace after sending a message
asking for help. Sgt Dacre was the Observer. Sgt M J Fraser said to have been
the Pilot at the time, was also from New Zealand.
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