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Soldiers of the 2nd NZEF, 20th Battalion, C Company marching in Baggush, Egypt, September 1941.. The military history of New Zealand during World War II began when New Zealand entered the Second World War by declaring war on Nazi Germany with the United Kingdom in 1939, and expanded to the Pacific War when New Zealand declared war on Imperial Japan following the attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941.
George Esmond Jameson, DSO, DFC (20 November 1921 – 20 May 1998) was a New Zealand flying ace of the Royal New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF) during the Second World War, who is credited with the destruction of eleven enemy aircraft and two damaged. He was the highest scoring New Zealand night fighter pilot of the war.
Walter McKinnon - officer who served with the 2NZEF during World War II; later Chief of General Staff, New Zealand Army, from 1965 to 1967 [63] Ian Morrison - bomber pilot with the Royal New Zealand Air Force during World War II; later Chief of the Air Staff from 1962 to 1966; Melissa Ross - senior officer in the Royal New Zealand Navy
Keith Granville Taylor-Cannon DFC & Bar (20 December 1921 – 13 April 1945) was a New Zealand flying ace of the Royal New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF) during the Second World War. He was credited with the destruction of five German aircraft as well as one V-1 flying bomb. Born in Omakau, Taylor-Cannon joined the RNZAF in April 1941.
Pages in category "New Zealand military personnel killed in World War II" The following 59 pages are in this category, out of 59 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
New Zealanders with the Royal Air Force. Official History of New Zealand in the Second World War 1939–45. Vol. II. Wellington, New Zealand: War History Branch. OCLC 300089346. Wells, Kevin W. (1984). An Illustrated History of the New Zealand Spitfire Squadron. Auckland, New Zealand: Hutchinson Group. ISBN 0-09-159360-3. Wynn, Kenneth G. (1981).
Accepted for aircrew training after volunteering in 1939 he commenced training in September 1940 and flying training in November 1940. Pohe received his pilot’s flying brevet on 18 January 1941, the first Maori pilot in the Royal New Zealand Air Force, [4] and in April sailed across the Pacific Ocean to Canada for further training before joining No. 10 Operational Training Unit at RAF ...
Served with the Royal New Zealand Air Force. Flew in Battle of Britain. [64] Robert Lawrence Spurdle: 10-DFC* Served with the Royal New Zealand Air Force. Flew in Battle of Britain, also in South Pacific with RNZAF. [65] [66] John Harry "Jack" Stafford: 2 & 3 shared: 8 V-1s: DFC [67] Gray Stenborg: 14-DFC: KIA 24 September 1943. [14] [68 ...