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Walter Henry Killner

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Biography for Walter Henry Killner. RNZAF [Royal New Zealand Air Force] Biographies of Deceased Personnel 1939 - 1945 (Bound Volumes) - Ib - Ly. Archives New Zealand (R17845612-0351). CC-BY 2.0.

Biography for Walter Henry Killner. RNZAF [Royal New Zealand Air Force] Biographies of Deceased Pers …

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Walter Henry AWMM
  • Surname
    Killner AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    • NZ422660 AWMM
    • WWII 422660 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    2 November 1908 RNZAF Biographies (R17845612) Christchurch, England RNZAF Biographies (R17845612)
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  • Place of birth
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  • Address before enlistment
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    • WW2 Wife: Mrs. M. J. Neville. 27 Clifton Terrace, Sumner, Christchurch AWMM
    • WW2 Mr. & Mrs. H. Killner of Riccarton AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Married/WWII AWMM

Service

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Training and Enlistment

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    Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM

Biographical information

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  • Son of Henry and Agnes Killner, of Christchurch, New Zealand; husband of Mary Killner, of Sumner, Canterbury.

    Searchers failed to discover the grave of KB780's crew early after the end of the war and their names were included on the Runnymede Memorial in the UK. However, in the spring of 1957, German cemetery authorities chanced upon the grave and the remains were reinterred at Rheinberg. The Bomber Command Losses record inadvertantly lists the crew as buried in Reichswald Forest. Operation Hurricane I was a maximum effort demonstration to the enemy of the Allied Air Forces' overwhelming superiority. During the night, Duisburg was hit by another RAF 1000-bomber raid, while the USAAF dispatched over 1000 bombers with some 750 escorting fighters on daylight raids in the Cologne area.

    Attended Christchurch Boys High School (Source: RNZAF Biographies (R17845612)) AWMM
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Death

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  • Death
    14 October 1944 AWMM
    Age 35 AWMM
    Duisburg, Germany AWMM
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  • Cause of death
    Killed in Action AWMM
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  • Cemetery
    Rheinberg War Cemetery, Kamp Lintfort, Nordrhein-Westfal, Germany AWMM Coll. grave 13. F. 19-23. AWMM
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Sources

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    • Martyn, E. (1998-2008). For Your Tomorrow (Vols. 1-3). Christchurch, N.Z.: Volplane Press. 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
    • RNZAF [Royal New Zealand Air Force] Biographies of Deceased Personnel 1939 - 1945 (Bound Volumes) - Ib - Ly. Archives New Zealand (R17845612) - 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 - List of Personnel Killed or Missing in Various Theatres, 1940 - 1945. [List of Missing]. Archives New Zealand (R17845747) 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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