LEST WE FORGET
Corporal Ernest Ivan JOHNSON
From Australia serving in the Royal New Zealand Air Force
Service No: 39662 (RNZAF)
Born: 1916, Location unavailable
Enlisted in the RNZAF: Date Unavailable
Unit: No. 2 Service Flying Training School, Woodbourne NZ
Died: Aircraft Accident: (No. 2 Flying Training School Vildebeest aircraft NZ117), Nelson, New Zealand, 10 April 1941, Aged 24 Years
Buried: Marton (Mount View Cemetery), Rangitikei District
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Ernest Hugo and Harriett Louisa Johnson, of Buchan, Victoria, Australia
Roll of Honour: Unknown
Following an apparent engibe problem, Vildebeest NZ117, stalled and crashed on 10 April 1941 near Nelson, killing two on board and fatally injuring the third. On board were:
Corporal Ernest Ivan Johnson (39662) (RNZAF) Fatally injured
Flight Lieutenant Lionel Mountjoy Squire (2525) (RNZAF) (Pilot)
Aircraftman Class I Lindo James Thomson (391981) (RNZAF)
References:
Commonwealth War Graves Commission On-Line Records
RAF Commands Website