Individual Details
Flying Officer Guy Merson Templer
(3 Jan 1922 - 10 Sep 1944)
Events
| Birth | 3 Jan 1922 | Horohora Rapids, Auckland, New Zealand | |||
| Military service | Bet 1939 and 1944 | WW2 | |||
| Death | 10 Sep 1944 | WWII CWGC - Chester, Cheshire, England, United Kingdom |  | ||
| Burial | 14 Sep 1944 | Chester, Cheshire, England, United Kingdom |
Families
| Father | Guy Merson Templer (1883 - 1970) |
| Mother | Winifred Alice Catherine "Katie" Thomson (1883 - 1970) |
Notes
Death
GUY MERSON TEMPLERFlying Officer
413911
Royal New Zealand Air Force
who died on
Sunday, 10th September 1944. Age 22.
Additional Information: Son of Guy Merson Templer and Winifred Alice Catherine Templer, of Auckland City, New Zealand.
Commemorative Information
Cemetery: CHESTER (BLACON) CEMETERY, Cheshire, United Kingdom
Grave Reference/
Panel Number: Sec. A. Grave 232.
Historical Information: Blacon Cemetery had not yet been used when, in 1940, the authorities set aside two special plots for the burial of service war dead.
NZ.413911 Flying Officer Guy Merson Templer
Pilot - Royal New Zealand Air Force
No.60 Operational Training Unit, High Ercall, Shropshire
Killed whilst flying Mosquito FB.Vl MP116 Coded 'T' on Sunday 10th December
1944, along with his Navigator NZ.4211007 Flying Officer Derek Allen Attwood
RNZAF
Engaged on Air to Ground Range Firing exercise.
Aircraft made a normal diving approach over Banks Firing Range, NorthEast of Southport, Lancashire, but the dive suddenly became steeper. Pilot attempted to pull up but hit the ground, the starboard wing folding back just before impact.
Crash investigators thought that the pilot's attention may have been
momentarily diverted in dealing with a gun firing mechanism.
Pilot had completed 1563 flying hours ( 52 on Mosquito)
Both crew were buried at Chester on 14 September 1944