Michael James Herrick

Ngā ingoa tuatahi

Michael James AWMM

Ingoa whānau

Herrick AWMM

Nama Hōia

33566 AWMM

Ira tangata

Male AWMM

Whānautanga mai

5 May 1921 AWMM
Hastings, Hawke's Bay, New Zealand AWMM

Uri kiritahi

• Mr Edward Jasper Herrick (father), Lindisfarne, Hastings, New Zealand AWMM
• WW2 Father: Mr. E. S. Herrick, Landesfarne, Hastings AWMM
• WW2 Father: Mr. E. J. Herrick of Hastings AWMM

Mēnā he hoa rangatira tōna

• Single/WWII AWMM
• Pre 09 Mar 1939 AWMM Single AWMM

Pakanga

World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM

Kauhanga riri

• Europe (Air) AWMM
• 1940 AWMM Battle of Britain AWMM
• Pacific Theatre of War AWMM

Te Ope o Tū / te peka

Air Force AWMM

Nama Hōia

33566 AWMM

Urunga ki te ope taua

• Royal New Zealand Air Force, No. 25 Squadron AWMM
• Royal Air Force, No. 305 (Polish) Squadron (Mosquito)
  Public - Antonio - Researcher - 22 September 2025 - A Clasp For The Few, p.197: Wynne
• Royal New Zealand Air Force, No. 15 Squadron (P-40 Kittyhawk)
  Public - Antonio - Researcher - 22 September 2025 - A Clasp For The Few, p.197: Wynne
• Royal Air Force, No. 25 Squadron (Blenheim & Beaufighter)
  Public - Antonio - Researcher - 22 September 2025 - A Clasp For The Few, p.197: Wynne

Whakapikinga / Tukunga / Whakawhitinga

• Royal Air Force, No. 2 Squadron AWMM
• Royal New Zealand Air Force, No. 15 Squadron AWMM
• Royal Air Force, No. 305 (Polish) Squadron AWMM

Mētara me ngā Tohu

• Distinguished Flying Cross and bar (DFC*) AWMM
  DFC. 24 September 1940 / DFC Bar. 10 February1944 AWMM
• 1939-45 Star (Battle of Britain clasp) AWMM
• War Medal 1939-1945 AWMM
• Air Medal (USA) AWMM
  U.S. Air Medal. Posthumously, July 1944 for gallantry in the Pacific AWMM

Whakangungu ope taua

• Avro Tutors AWMM
• Airspeed Oxfords AWMM

Branch Trade Proficiency

Pilot

Public - Antonio - Researcher - 22 September 2025 - By Such Deeds, p.563: Hanson

Te urunga

WW2 27 Apr 1940 AWMM
Age  19 AWMM

Taipitopito ekenga waka

WW2 Vessel was Rangitiki AWMM Royal Air Force AWMM

Tuhinga hauora

Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM
Killed on air operations AWMM

Te tūnga whakamutunga

Squadron Leader (Pilot) AWMM
Royal Air Force, No. 305 (Polish) Squadron AWMM

Matenga

16 Jun 1944 AWMM
Age  23 AWMM

Te momo matenga

Killed in Action AWMM

Urupā

Frederikshavn Cemetery, Denmark AWMM Allied Plot. grave 66. AWMM

Mea e whai hononga ai

Hononga ki waho

• Papers Past. Digital New Zealand Newspapers.
  http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast
  Sources Used
• National Archives of New Zealand, National Collection of War Art. Portrait.
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R22498457
  Further Reference
• Bravery Award. Evening Post, Volume CXXXI, Issue 134, 9 June 1941, Page 9
  http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=EP19410609.2.98&srpos
  Further Reference
• Royal Air Force website. Battle of Britain 70th Anniversary.
  http://www.raf.mod.uk/history/battleofbritain70thanniversary.cfm
  Further Reference
• Battle of Britain Historical Society website.
  http://www.battleofbritain1940.net/
  Further Reference
• Wikidata Entity
  http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q89459828
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/2271241
  Further Reference
• 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/R17845611
  Sources Used
• See a list of New Zealanders awarded the Battle of Britain Clasp here (PDF). Compiled with the assistance of Errol Martyn and linked from the NZHistory page produced by Manatū Taonga, Ministry for Culture and Heritage.
  https://nzhistory.govt.nz/sites/default/files/documents/nz-battle-of-britain-list.pdf
  Further Reference
• Battle of Britain: Allied Pilots, Aircrew Remembered
  https://aircrewremembered.com/BattleOfBritainDatabase/battlebritain-alpha-list.html
  Further Reference
• Wikipedia contributors. (2025, November 15). List of World War II aces from New Zealand. In Wikipedia.
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_World_War_II_aces_from_New_Zealand
  Further Reference
• Flight Safety Network:
  https://asn.flightsafety.org/wikibase/70687
  Public - Antonio - Researcher - 22 September 2025 - Internet research
• Aircrew Remembered:
  https://aircrewremembered.com/herrick-michel-james.html
  Public - Antonio - Researcher - 22 September 2025 - Internet research

Ngā tuhinga

• The Weekly News
  The Weekly News 1944
• Wynn, K. (1989). Men of the Battle of Britain. Norwich, England: Gliddon Books.
• Martyn, E. (1998-2008). For Your Tomorrow (Vols. 1-3). Christchurch, N.Z.: Volplane Press.
• Ministry for Culture and Heritage. (2012). New Zealanders serving with RAF Fighter Command during the Battle of Britain, 10 July – 31 October 1940. [A list compiled by Ministry for Culture and Heritage with Errol Martyn].
  Auckland Museum Armoury Resource Centre, Biographical vertical file
• Wynn, K. (1981). A clasp for "The Few". Auckland. N.Z.: Author.
  Wynn, K. (1981). p. 197-202
• The parting of the ways : a souvenir record of the triumphs, tribulations and maritime musings of returning draft H.M.N.Z.T No. 217, 'Zealandic'. January 18th, 1919 to February 26th, 1919.
• RNZAF [Royal New Zealand Air Force] Biographies of Deceased Personnel 1939 - 1945 (Bound Volumes) - Ha - Hy. Archives New Zealand (R17845611) - Former archives reference: AIR118
• 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.
• List of RNZAF [Royal New Zealand Air Force] Personnel - List of Deceased New Zealanders (Formerly) serving with RAF [Royal Air Force]. Archives New Zealand, Wellington (R17845760).
• RNZAF [Royal New Zealand Air Force] - Historical Items - List of New Zealand Fighter aces with their Scores (Unofficial) December 1944. Archives New Zealand, Wellington (R17845799).
• Royal New Zealand Air Force. (1941–1945). Contact: National magazine of the R.N.Z.A.F.; the official organ of the Air Force Association (Inc.). Levin, New Zealand: Royal New Zealand Air Force.
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