41 Squadron

41 Squadron RNZAF in Vietnam 1962 -1975

For its part in the Vietnam War, 41 Squadron, an RNZAF Transport Squadron was based in Singapore. 41 Squadron flew into South Vietnam in direct support of New Zealand’s interests there. Many flights were to carry troops or equipment, however, support involved both military and civilian efforts. 

Over the thirteen years of the Vietnam War, 41 Squadron RNZAF made 1979 landings into the conflict. Each flight took a full crew including technical ground crew whose role was to ensure the Squadron’s Bristol Freighters remained serviceable, able to do their job, and get home safely again.  These ground crew servicemen were rarely armed, they picked up toolboxes and did what was required of them. Ground crew names were seldom recorded in Squadron records, which makes it very difficult - and in many cases impossible - for them to find evidence of their Vietnam service and receive the recognition they deserve. 

One of these Airmen was former ground engineer Douglas (Scotty) Wingfield who, like other technical ground crew, flew into and stayed in Vietnam on numerous occasions.  After struggling to find evidence of his own service, he took on a lone battle to right a wrong for his comrades. 

As at the end of 2019, Scotty has used his research to assist at least 90 of these Airmen to receive their Vietnam Medals and Vietnam Veteran status. He continues his search.  

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Record ID	Photo	Family name	First names	Force	War	Service #		Preliminary
187138		Allison		Air Force	Vietnam War, 1961-1975
187464		Anderson		Air Force	Vietnam War, 1961-1975
187465		Andress		Air Force	Vietnam War, 1961-1975
84668		Atkinson	Keith Alexander	Air Force	Vietnam War, 1961-1975	77433
187140		Barlow		Air Force	Vietnam War, 1961-1975
187141		Barnett	Kenneth	Air Force	Vietnam War, 1961-1975
187144		Bate		Air Force	Vietnam War, 1961-1975
89476		Bayliss	Graham George	Air Force	Malayan Emergency, 1948-1960	NZ46527, 71487
187147		Bennie		Air Force	Vietnam War, 1961-1975
187148		Benny	William	Air Force	Vietnam War, 1961-1975
187150		Bevan	David Malcolm	Air Force	Vietnam War, 1961-1975	82009
187152		Bothomley		Air Force	Vietnam War, 1961-1975
84854		Bremner	Kelvin Reid	Air Force	Vietnam War, 1961-1975	77802
84906		Brownie	Christopher William	Air Force	Vietnam War, 1961-1975	84616
187376		Brunton	William Ronald	Air Force	Vietnam War, 1961-1975	75580
187159		Buck			Vietnam War, 1961-1975
187378		Buckmaster	John Clark	Air Force	Vietnam War, 1961-1975	708262
187379		Bulger	Richard Merrill	Air Force	Vietnam War, 1961-1975	81019
187380		Butler	Trevor	Air Force	Vietnam War, 1961-1975
187382		Carmichael	Colin Newman	Air Force	Vietnam War, 1961-1975	77271
187383		Carmody	Roy Michael	Air Force	Vietnam War, 1961-1975	83454
187385		Carruthers		Air Force	Vietnam War, 1961-1975
187466		Chady		Air Force	Vietnam War, 1961-1975
85007		Chaney	Denis Rodney	Air Force	Vietnam War, 1961-1975	79527
187386		Chapman		Air Force	Vietnam War, 1961-1975
85011		Chappell	Wayne Maurice	Air Force	Vietnam War, 1961-1975	82468
187387		Chippindale	Ronald	Air Force	Vietnam War, 1961-1975	74210
187467		Claridge	I.S.	Air Force	Vietnam War, 1961-1975
187388		Clarke	Ian	Air Force	Vietnam War, 1961-1975
187389		Clements	John	Air Force	Vietnam War, 1961-1975
187390		Clemoes	David Guy	Air Force	Vietnam War, 1961-1975	79099
187176		Colbeck	Bruce Vernon	Air Force	Vietnam War, 1961-1975	77215
187468		Collins		Air Force	Vietnam War, 1961-1975
187469		Conroy		Air Force	Vietnam War, 1961-1975
187472		Cooper	J.	Air Force	Vietnam War, 1961-1975
187179		Cooper		Air Force	Vietnam War, 1961-1975
187182		Cox	Kenneth George	Air Force	Vietnam War, 1961-1975	82934
187186		Crook		Air Force	Vietnam War, 1961-1975
187187		Cross	Russell	Air Force	Vietnam War, 1961-1975
187189		Cumming	Duncan	Air Force	Vietnam War, 1961-1975	72791
187473		Cumming		Air Force	Vietnam War, 1961-1975
187190		Currie	William Alexander Kennett	Air Force	Vietnam War, 1961-1975	72760
85200		Davidson	Robert Duncan	Air Force	Vietnam War, 1961-1975	79490
187474		Day		Air Force	Vietnam War, 1961-1975
187475		Didham	Dennis. W.	Air Force	Vietnam War, 1961-1975
187476		Dix		Air Force	Vietnam War, 1961-1975
C142264		Doran	Henry	Merchant Navy	World War I, 1914-1918	MN 187215
187478		Downard	K. L.	Air Force	Vietnam War, 1961-1975
85277		Downs	Murray Lawrence	Air Force	Vietnam War, 1961-1975	79983
187193		Doyle	Frank Joseph	Air Force	Vietnam War, 1961-1975	74428
85299		Duncan	James Burn	Air Force	Vietnam War, 1961-1975	79144
187479		Easton		Air Force	Vietnam War, 1961-1975
187480		Elford	R. N.	Air Force	Vietnam War, 1961-1975
187481		Elliot		Air Force	Vietnam War, 1961-1975
187482		Ellis	R.	Air Force	Vietnam War, 1961-1975
187483		Elvin	Barry	Air Force	Vietnam War, 1961-1975
187196		English	John David Parker	Air Force	Vietnam War, 1961-1975	79676
187197		Evison		Air Force	Vietnam War, 1961-1975
187198		Fanning	John	Air Force	Vietnam War, 1961-1975	76160
187484		Fishley		Air Force	Vietnam War, 1961-1975
187485		Fonty		Air Force	Vietnam War, 1961-1975
187486		Ford	Maurice	Air Force	Vietnam War, 1961-1975
187487		Furkert		Air Force	Vietnam War, 1961-1975
C141055		Garrett	Roger Ian Fairlie	Air Force	Regular Military Service, Vietnam War, 1961-1975	72285
187210		Garvin	Sidney Paul	Air Force	Vietnam War, 1961-1975	82564
85472		Gaston	Gerald William	Air Force	Vietnam War, 1961-1975	78841
85477		Gebbie	William Lewis	Air Force	Vietnam War, 1961-1975	79150
187488		Geer	R. G.	Air Force	Vietnam War, 1961-1975
187211		Goodall	Murray Robert	Air Force	Vietnam War, 1961-1975	83443
187214		Griffiths		Air Force	Vietnam War, 1961-1975
85582		Grigg	Brian James	Air Force	Vietnam War, 1961-1975	75103
187215		Gudsell		Air Force	Vietnam War, 1961-1975
187489		Halbert		Air Force	Vietnam War, 1961-1975
187217		Hall		Air Force	Vietnam War, 1961-1975
187219		Hancock		Air Force	Vietnam War, 1961-1975
187220		Hanlon	Antony Noel	Air Force	Vietnam War, 1961-1975	81841
85632		Hansen	John Frederick	Army	Vietnam War, 1961-1975	81444
187490		Hardy	Trevor	Air Force	Vietnam War, 1961-1975
85651		Harlick	Desmond Bruce	Air Force	Vietnam War, 1961-1975	331929
187491		Harris		Air Force	Vietnam War, 1961-1975
187224		Harrison		Air Force	Vietnam War, 1961-1975
184121		Hawks	Desmond Trevor	Air Force	Vietnam War, 1961-1975	71001
187225		Hay		Air Force	Vietnam War, 1961-1975
187492		Hibbard		Air Force	Vietnam War, 1961-1975
187493		Hibbart		Air Force	Vietnam War, 1961-1975
187494		Hill	E.	Air Force	Vietnam War, 1961-1975
85783		Hoare	Alan Richard	Air Force	Vietnam War, 1961-1975	79695
85805		Holmes	Stuart Garner	Air Force	Vietnam War, 1961-1975	79314
187232		Houltham	Peter	Air Force	Vietnam War, 1961-1975	79396
187233		Hughan	Peter James	Air Force	Vietnam War, 1961-1975	74948
187495		Humphries	R.	Air Force	Vietnam War, 1961-1975
187234		Jameson	Warwick	Air Force	Vietnam War, 1961-1975	81097
187236		Jamieson		Air Force	Vietnam War, 1961-1975
187237		Jarvis	Brian William Wallace	Air Force	Vietnam War, 1961-1975	83063
187239		Keedwell	Anthony Davis	Air Force	Vietnam War, 1961-1975	79236
187240		Kelly		Air Force	Vietnam War, 1961-1975
187241		Kerr	Donald Craig Blair	Air Force	Vietnam War, 1961-1975	83932
187243		Kerwin	John Deglan	Air Force	Vietnam War, 1961-1975
187244		Key		Air Force	Vietnam War, 1961-1975
187245		Killington	Bernard Harcourt	Air Force	Vietnam War, 1961-1975	74159

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