John Ewart Daniel

Forenames

John Ewart AWMM

Surname

Daniel AWMM

Also known as

Don AWMM

Service number

• Jayforce 443881 AWMM
• Jayforce NZ443881 AWMM
• 71050 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Birth

21 Nov 1922 Jayforce 14 Squadron (R21077357)

War

• Jayforce, 1945-1948 AWMM
• World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM

Armed force / branch

Air Force AWMM

Service number

• Jayforce 443881 AWMM
• Jayforce NZ443881 AWMM
• 71050 AWMM

Enlistment

WW2 07 Jul 1944 AWMM

Embarkation details

• WW2 Royal New Zealand Air Force AWMM
• Jayforce Leading Aircraftman/Military Jayforce 14 Squadron (R21077357) Royal New Zealand Air Force, No. 14 Squadron Jayforce 14 Squadron (R21077357) British Commonwealth Occupation Force (BCOF) Japan AWMM
  2nd Embarkation AWMM

Medical notes

Killed in Air Accident, Cause of Death AWMM
One of seven New Zealand airmen who were killed in a Catalina flying-boat accident off Upolu Island. AWMM

Brother of David Daniel NZ444407 Aircraftsman 1st Class RNZAF who also served in Jayforce.

One of seven airmen to die in Western Samoa when NZ4048, a Boeing PN2B-1 Catalina, stalled and crashed into the ocean on take-off. AWMM

Death

11 Dec 1950 AWMM

Cause of death

Killed in Air Accident AWMM

Cemetery

Magiagi Cemetery, Apia, Samoa AWMM

Related Serviceperson

External links

• DANIEL John Ewart - Auckland - Royal New Zealand Air Force
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R9362842
  Further Reference
• Seven Killed in Air Crash, Press, Volume LXXXVI, Issue 26294, 13 December 1950, Page 4
  https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/CHP19501213.2.28
  Further Reference
• J Force Wikipedia Page
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J_Force
  Further Reference
• Romano, G. (2021, March 4). Jayforce: 75 years on. Auckland War Memorial Museum – Tāmaki Paenga Hira.
  https://www.aucklandmuseum.com/war-memorial/online-cenotaph/features/jayforce
  Further Reference

References

• Jayforce Nominal Roll, Manning: No 14 Squadron (1943-1947), Archives New Zealand. AIR1 17211 (R21077357).
• Brocklebank, L.W. (1997). Jayforce : New Zealand and the military occupation of Japan, 1945-48. Auckland, N.Z.: Oxford University Press.
• Forms 38' Medical report files - 14 Squadron Japan. Archives New Zealand, AIR1W3869 (R18631080).
• Parr, A. (2012). The occupiers : New Zealand veterans remember post-war Japan. Auckland, N.Z. : Penguin.