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Victor Charles Howes

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Identity

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Victor Charles AWMM
  • Surname
    Howes AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    • NZ413418 AWMM
    • WWII 413418 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    1922 AWMM AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    WW2 Parents: Mr. & Mrs. V. R. Howes. Te Ngawai, Albury, South Canterbury. AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Single/WWII AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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Embarkations

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Prisoner of war

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  • Capture details
  • Days interned
  • Liberation date
  • Liberation Repatriation
  • POW liberation details
  • POW serial number

Medical history

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  • Medical notes
    Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM
    Killed on air operations AWMM

Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Victor Howes was the son of V.R. and Dolina Howes of Albury, South Canterbury, New Zealand.

    Attended Timaru Boy's High School (Source: RNZAF Biographies (R17845611)) AWMM

Death

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  • Death
    28 April 1943 AWMM
    Age 20 AWMM
    Baltic Sea AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Killed in Action AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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  • Memorial name
    • Runnymede Memorial, Surrey, United Kingdom AWMM
    • Albury War Memorial, State Highway 8, MacKenzie District, South Canterbury, New Zealand AWMM

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  • Remembering my cousin Victor and his crew members 80 years ago today on their final flight.
    Public - Peter - Other relative - 29 April 2023
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  • 28/29th April 1943. Stirling R9290 AA-X captained by Flt Sgt A E Lewis RAAF. was brought down by flak over the Baltic and crashed in the sea off Lolland Island, west of Vesternaes.
    The flak unit that claimed the aircrafts was Lei. Flakzug "Kappel" that belonged to 8./M.A.A. 5. ASN has this loss off Ringkøbing with 2 seperate night-fighter claims
    Public - Antonio - Researcher - 12 October 2022
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  • Great niece of Victor.
    Public - Angelique - Other relative - 26 April 2016
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Sources

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  • References
    • Martyn, E. (1998-2008). For Your Tomorrow (Vols. 1-3). Christchurch, N.Z.: Volplane Press. AWMM
    • Martyn, E. (1998-2008). For Your Tomorrow (Vols. 1-3). Christchurch, N.Z.: Volplane Press. AWMM
      Martyn, E. (1998-2008). Vol. 2 . p. 90; vol. 3 p. 257 AWMM
    • 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. AWMM
    • Information kindly provided by family AWMM
    • RNZAF [Royal New Zealand Air Force] Biographies of Deceased Personnel 1939 - 1945 (Bound Volumes) - Ha - Hy. Archives New Zealand (R17845611) - Former archives reference: AIR118 AWMM
    • List of RNZAF [Royal New Zealand Air Force] Personnel - List of Personnel Killed or Missing in Various Theatres, 1940 - 1945. [Missing - But Presumed Dead on Lapse of Time - Officers, Airmen]. Archives New Zealand (R17845743) AWMM
    • Please note that the 12 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. AWMM
    • List of RNZAF [Royal New Zealand Air Force] Personnel - Embarkation Lists, November 1940 - July 1942. Archives New Zealand, Wellington (R17845762). AWMM

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02 April 2024Robbo InvercargillOther
29 April 2023PeterHeadley Down Hampshire UKOther relative
12 October 2022AntonioHastings DistrictResearcher
29 July 2020Ian BanksTaumarunui New ZealandResearcher
26 April 2016AngeliqueFairlie, New Zealand Other relative

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