Roger Leon Corcoran

Ngā ingoa tuatahi

Roger Leon AWMM

Ingoa whānau

Corcoran AWMM

Ingoa kārangaranga

Roger Leon Ferris CORCORAN

Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 28 June 2023 - NZ BDM Birth Records

Nama Hōia

• NZ431319 AWMM
• WWII 431319 AWMM

Ira tangata

Male AWMM

Whānautanga mai

14 Mar 1923 RNZAF Biographies (R17845609)

Uri kiritahi

WW2 Parents: Mr. & Mrs. W. R. Corcoran of 18 Hawera Street, Whakatane AWMM

Mēnā he hoa rangatira tōna

Single/WWII AWMM

Pakanga

World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM

Te Ope o Tū / te peka

Air Force AWMM

Nama Hōia

• NZ431319 AWMM
• WWII 431319 AWMM

Urunga ki te ope taua

Royal Canadian Air Force, No. 8 Operational Training Unit (OTU) (Mosquito)

Public - Antonio - Researcher - 27 June 2026 - https://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/163553

Whakangungu ope taua

• British Commonwealth Air Training Plan, No. 3 Service Flying Training School, Calgary, Alberta, Canada AWMM
  Course 1: Class 96H. Graduation Date: 5/05/1944. AWMM
• British Commonwealth Air Training Plan, No. 1 Flying Instructor School, Trenton, Ontario, Canada AWMM
• British Commonwealth Air Training Plan, No. 5 Service Flying Training School, Brantford, Ontario, Canada AWMM

Taipitopito ekenga waka

WW2 Vessel was Santa Monica AWMM Royal New Zealand Air Force AWMM

Tuhinga hauora

Killed on Active Service, Cause of Death AWMM

Te tūnga whakamutunga

Flying Officer/Military AWMM
British Commonwealth Air Training Plan, No. 5 Operational Training Unit, Boundary Bay, British Columbia, Canada AWMM

Son of William Roger and Clarice Patience Corcoran, of Whakatane, Auckland, New Zealand

Attended Gisborne High School (Source: RNZAF Biographies (R17845609)) AWMM

Matenga

16 Mar 1945 AWMM
Age  21 AWMM

Te momo matenga

Killed on Active Service AWMM

Urupā

Middleton Holy Trinity Old Cemetery, Middleton, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada AWMM Sec. 2. Grave 7. AWMM

Pānui Matenga

Sympathetic reference was made to the loss sustained by Mrs. C. H. Ferris in the death of her grandson, Roger Corcoran, R.N.Z.A.F., as the result of a training accident in Canada.

Corcoran, Flying Officer Roger Leon, elder son of Mr. and Mrs R. Corcoran. Hawera Street, Whakatane and brother of Bob, lost his life on active service operations, March 16th. Aged 21 years. “Ever remembered.”

Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 28 June 2023 - GISBORNE HERALD, VOLUME LXXII, ISSUE 21684, 10 APRIL 1945, PAGE 5 &
ROLL OF HONOUR
GISBORNE HERALD, VOLUME LXXII, ISSUE 21674, 28 MARCH 1945, PAGE 1

Ingoa maumaharatanga

• Airmen from Australia and New Zealand Memorial, Memorial Park, Calgary, Alberta, Canada AWMM
• Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 2 Hall of Memories AWMM
• Gisborne First World War Memorial, The Esplanade, Kaiti, Gisborne AWMM

Mea e whai hononga ai

Hononga ki waho

• Commonwealth War Graves Commission record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/2953646
  Sources Used
• RNZAF [Royal New Zealand Air Force] Biographies of Deceased Personnel 1939 - 1945 (Bound Volumes) - Co - Dy. Archives New Zealand (R17845609)
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R17845609
  Sources Used
• List of RNZAF [Royal New Zealand Air Force] Personnel - List of Personnel Killed or Missing in Various Theatres, 1940 - 1945. Archives New Zealand (R17845748)
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R17845748
  Sources Used
• Aviaion Safety Network:
  https://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/163553
  Public - Antonio - Researcher - 27 June 2026 - Internet research
• Report on accident:
  http://www.aircrewremembered.com/corcoran-roger-leon.html
  Public - Kelvin - Researcher - 1 June 2022 - http://www.aircrewremembered.com/corcoran-roger-leon.html

Ngā tuhinga

• 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) - Co - Dy. Archives New Zealand (R17845609) - 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 Personnel Killed or Missing in Various Theatres, 1940 - 1945. [List of Killed - Officers (Canada, Pacific, Europe) - Airmen (Canada, India and Far East)]. Archives New Zealand (R17845748)
• Auckland Museum. Roll of Honour, Auckland Province, 1939 - 1945. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS 93/139.