Selwyn Noel Langdale

Forenames

Selwyn Noel AWMM

Surname

Langdale AWMM

Service number

• NZ424554 AWMM
• WWII 424554 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Birth

24 Dec 1919 RNZAF Biographies (R17845612)

Next of kin

• Mrs Bertha Celia Langdale (mother), Mountain Road, Te Kawa, Te Awamutu, New Zealand AWMM
• WW2 Mr. W. S. Langdale. Mountain Rd, Te Kawa, Te Awamutu AWMM
• WW2 Mr. & Mrs. W. S. Langdale of Te Kawa AWMM

Relationship status

• Single/WWII AWMM
• Unknown AWMM Single AWMM

War

World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM

Campaign

RNZAF training in Canada WW2 AWMM

Armed force / branch

Air Force AWMM

Service number

• NZ424554 AWMM
• WWII 424554 AWMM

Military training

• British Commonwealth Air Training Plan, No. 3 Service Flying Training School, Calgary, Alberta, Canada AWMM
  Course 1: Class 70. Graduation Date: 2/04/1943. AWMM
• British Commonwealth Air Training Plan, No. 34  Operational Training Unit, Pennfield Ridge, New Brunswick, Canada AWMM

Embarkation details

WW2 Vessel was Day Star AWMM Royal New Zealand Air Force AWMM

Medical notes

Killed in Air Accident, Cause of Death AWMM
Killed in an aircraft accident AWMM

Last rank

Pilot Officer AWMM
British Commonwealth Air Training Plan, No. 34  Operational Training Unit, Pennfield Ridge, New Brunswick, Canada AWMM

Son of Wilfred Selwyn Langdale and of Bertha Celia Langdale (nee Harrop) of Manurewa.

He was killed on a training flight.

Next of kin details compiled from information in the Casualty lists published in the newspapers.

Attended Hamilton Technical High School (Source: RNZAF Biographies (R17845612)) AWMM

Death

3 Jun 1943 AWMM
Age  23 AWMM

Cause of death

Killed in Air Accident AWMM

Memorial name

• Ottawa Memorial (Commonwealth Air Force Memorial), Ontario, Canada AWMM
• Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 2 Hall of Memories AWMM

Related objects

External links

• Papers Past. Digital New Zealand Newspapers.
  http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast
  Sources Used
• Papers Past. Digital New Zealand Newspapers.
  http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast
  Sources Used
• Roll of Honour. Air Force Casualties. Evening Post, Volume CXXXVI, Issue 9, 10 July 1943, Page 6
  http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=EP19430710.2.41&srpos
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/2622791
  Sources Used
• RNZAF [Royal New Zealand Air Force] Biographies of Deceased Personnel 1939 - 1945 (Bound Volumes) - Ib - Ly. Archives New Zealand (R17845612)
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R17845612
  Sources Used

References

• The Evening Post
• Martyn, E. (1998-2008). For Your Tomorrow (Vols. 1-3). Christchurch, N.Z.: Volplane Press.
• This record is a work in progress and was partially compiled from the “Database of New Zealand Airmen who took part in Advanced Air Training in Canada during WW2”. Researched by Ivan and Lorna Lindsey of Tauranga. N.Z. 2003 – 2012. Reproduced with permission.
• RNZAF [Royal New Zealand Air Force] Biographies of Deceased Personnel 1939 - 1945 (Bound Volumes) - Ib - Ly. Archives New Zealand (R17845612) - Former archives reference: AIR118
• List of RNZAF [Royal New Zealand Air Force] Personnel - List of Personnel Killed or Missing in Various Theatres, 1940 - 1945. [Missing - But Presumed Dead on Lapse of Time - Officers, Airmen]. Archives New Zealand (R17845743)
• Please note that the 11 volumes of the "RNZAF [Royal New Zealand Air Force] Biographies of Deceased Personnel 1939-1945" held at Archives NZ (formerly known as AIR118) should be used in conjunction with Errol Martyn's "For Your Tomorrow". FYT reflects detailed examination of all of the AIR118 bios which contain many inaccuracies and omissions.
• Auckland Museum. Roll of Honour, Auckland Province, 1939 - 1945. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS 93/139.