Wilson Orchard Hadley
I whānau mai i te 26 Sept 1913 - I mate atu i te 12 Sept 1944
- Nama Hōia
- NZ426041 AWMM
- WWII 426041 AWMM
- Ingoa kārangaranga
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- Te Ope o Tū / te peka
- Air Force AWMM
- Te tūnga whakamutunga
- Flying Officer (Pilot)/Military AWMM Royal Air Force, No. 75 (NZ) Squadron AWMM
- Pakanga
- World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
E pā ana ki
- Taitara
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- Ngā ingoa tuatahi
- Wilson Orchard AWMM
- Ingoa whānau
- Hadley AWMM
- Ingoa
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- Ingoa kārangaranga
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- Nama Hōia
- NZ426041 AWMM
- WWII 426041 AWMM
- Ira tangata
- Male AWMM
- Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
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- Pono
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Mātātuhi
Ngā tuhinga
Te whānautanga
- Whānautanga mai
- 26 Sept 1913 AWMM
- Rā i whānau mai ai
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- Wāhi Whānau
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- Tuhinga mō te whānautanga
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- Wāhi noho i mua i te whakaurunga
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- Mahi whai muri i te pakanga
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- Uri kiritahi
- Esme Elizabeth Hadley (wife), St Albans, Christchurch, New Zealand AWMM
- WW2 Wife: Mrs. R. G. Rawshow of Christchurch ( Re-married) AWMM
- WW2 Parents: Mr. & Mrs. C. J. Hadley of Amberley AWMM
- Mēnā he hoa rangatira tōna
- Married/WWII AWMM
- Unknown AWMM Married AWMM
Ngā pakanga me ngā whawhai
- Pakanga
- World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
- Kauhanga riri
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- Te Ope o Tū / te peka
- Air Force AWMM
- Nama Hōia
- NZ426041 AWMM
- WWII 426041 AWMM
- Urunga ki te ope taua
- Royal New Zealand Air Force attached to Royal Canadian Air Force AWMM
- Royal New Zealand Air Force attached to Royal Air Force AWMM
- British Commonwealth Air Training Plan, No. 12 Service Flying Training School, Brandon, Manitoba, Canada AWMM
Course 1: Class 77. Graduation Date: 22/04/1944. AWMM
- Whakapikinga / Tukunga / Whakawhitinga
- Royal Air Force, No. 75 (NZ) Squadron AWMM
Ngā tohu taumata rau ope taua
- Mētara me ngā Tohu
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Te Whakangungu me te Urunga atu
- Whakangungu ope taua
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- Branch Trade Proficiency
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- Te urunga
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- Pakeke i te whakaurunga
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- Mahi i mua i te ekenga waka
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Te maha o ngā ekenga waka
- Taipitopito ekenga waka
- WW2 Vessel was Matsonia AWMM Royal New Zealand Air Force AWMM
Mauhere o te pakanga
- Kia mau ki ngā taipitopito
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- Ngā rā i mauherehia ai
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- Rā i puta ai
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- Ngā kōrero mō te puta i te mauhere pakanga
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- Te rā i whakahokia atu ngā hōia i mauherehia ai
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- Nama motuhake mō te mauhere pakanga
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Whakapapa hauora
- Tuhinga hauora
- Killed on Active Service, Cause of Death AWMM
Te tūnga whakamutunga e mōhiotia ana
- Te tūnga whakamutunga
- Flying Officer (Pilot)/Military AWMM
Royal Air Force, No. 75 (NZ) Squadron AWMM - Te tūnga whakamutunga
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Kōrero taurongo
- Son of Charles Hadley and of Ellen Hadley (nee Hawke), of Amberley, Canterbury, New Zealand; husband of Esme Elizabeth Hadley, of St. Albans, Christchurch
Two sons, brothers John Ross Hadley (NZ422944) and Wilson Orchard Hadley (NZ426041) were killed in WW2.
Attended Christchrch Technical College (Source: RNZAF Biographies (R17845611)) AWMM - 75 (New Zealand) Squadron : Lancaster ILM 228 AA-D
Reason for Loss
Taking off with 7 other aircraft from 75 (New Zealand) Squadron – from RAF Base Mepal, Cambridgeshire, England – at 19.35 hours on 11 September 1944 for air operations (Operation Code Named : Gardening) over Kattegat, Denmark, area. 68 aircraft from other Squadrons also participated in this mission.
All aircraft delivered their mines to the target area and were returning when Lancaster ILM 228 AA-D was intercepted and shot down by a German fighter (Oblt Arnold Brinkmann (8.NJG-3).
2 crew – Flight Engineer Colin Fowler RAFVR (evaded capture) and RNZAF Flt Sgt David Wilcox (POW) survived the bomber crash landing. All other RNZAF crew aboard were killed.
RNZAF Crew aboard were
RNZAF Pilot Wilson Orchard Hadley NZ426041 – Christchurch – killed.
RNZAF Navigator Pilot Officer John Bernard Gudgeon NZ428786 – Christchurch - killed.
RNZAF Air Bmdr Flight Sergeant David John Robert Wilcox NZ421244 (POW)
RNZAF Wireless Op/ Air Gunner John Patrick Arthur Giles NZ425836 – Christchurch – killed.
RNZAF Air Gunner Flt Sgt William James Victor Boyd NZ 428303 – Nelson – killed.
RNZAF Air Gunner Flt Sgt John Matthew Biggar NZ 427945 – Wanganui. Killed.Public - Jenifer - Researcher - 20 April 2019 - www.aircrewremembered.com (England)
- Son of Charles Hadley and of Ellen Hadley (nee Hawke), of Amberley, Canterbury, New Zealand; husband of Esme Elizabeth Hadley, of St. Albans, Christchurch
Te matenga
- Matenga
- 12 Sept 1944 AWMM
Age 30 AWMM - Rā i mate ai
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- Pakeke i te matenga
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- Wāhi Mate
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- Te momo matenga
- Killed on Active Service AWMM
- Tuhipoka mō te matenga
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- Urupā
- Orslev Churchyard, Denmark AWMM Joint grave 11B. AWMM
- Ingoa o te urupā
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- Tohutoro kōhatu urupā
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- Pānui Matenga
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- Ingoa maumaharatanga
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- Tohutoro maumaharatanga
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Maumaharatanga
- Ingoa maumaharatanga
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Ngā mātāwai
- Hononga ki waho
- Commonwealth War Graves Commission record
https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/2271453
Sources Used - RNZAF [Royal New Zealand Air Force] Biographies of Deceased Personnel 1939 - 1945 (Bound Volumes) - Ha - Hy. Archives New Zealand (R17845611)
https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R17845611
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 (R17845745)
https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R17845745
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 (R17845747)
https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R17845747
Sources Used - CWGC Website, my own researchPublic - Robert Graham (Bob) - Researcher - 25 April 2020 - Details of casulty
- Commonwealth War Graves Commission record
- Ngā tuhinga
- Martyn, E. (1998-2008). For Your Tomorrow (Vols. 1-3). Christchurch, N.Z.: Volplane Press.
Martyn, E. (1998-2008). voil. 2 p. 274; vol 3. 224 - 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) - 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 Personnel Killed or Missing in Various Theatres, 1940 - 1945. [List of Missing - United Kingdom, Airmen]. Archives New Zealand (R17845745)
- List of RNZAF [Royal New Zealand Air Force] Personnel - List of Personnel Killed or Missing in Various Theatres, 1940 - 1945. [List of Missing]. Archives New Zealand (R17845747)
- Martyn, E. (1998-2008). For Your Tomorrow (Vols. 1-3). Christchurch, N.Z.: Volplane Press.
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