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Pilot Officer (Pilot) Kenneth Howard Blincoe

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Pilot Officer (Pilot) Kenneth Howard Blincoe

Birth
Nelson, New Zealand
Death
3 Feb 1943 (aged 33)
Ingen, Buren Municipality, Gelderland, Netherlands
Burial
Oud-Leusden, Leusden Municipality, Utrecht, Netherlands Add to Map
Plot
Plot 13. Row 13. Grave 212.
Memorial ID
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Service number 412194 - RNZAF
Short Stirling I / R9250 / AA-W
Pilot
75 Squadron
Take off station Newmarket

Night Operation Hamburg. 263 aircraft, 16 losses (6.1%). Severe icing over the channel caused many crews to return early. H2S again proved ineffective, leading to scattered bombing throughout the city. Shot down by a night-fighter and crashed near Tiel, Holland

Son of Francis Blincoe and of Ruth Blincoe (Nee Packer), of Nelson, New Zealand. Husband of Ida Annie Blincoe, of Murchison, Nelson.
Service number 412194 - RNZAF
Short Stirling I / R9250 / AA-W
Pilot
75 Squadron
Take off station Newmarket

Night Operation Hamburg. 263 aircraft, 16 losses (6.1%). Severe icing over the channel caused many crews to return early. H2S again proved ineffective, leading to scattered bombing throughout the city. Shot down by a night-fighter and crashed near Tiel, Holland

Son of Francis Blincoe and of Ruth Blincoe (Nee Packer), of Nelson, New Zealand. Husband of Ida Annie Blincoe, of Murchison, Nelson.

Inscription

Royal New Zealand Air Force

Gravesite Details

412194



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