Barney Pouheke Warbrick

Title

• First Pilot of Ngaati Te Ata
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• Sgt WARBRICK Barney
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Forenames

Barney Pouheke AWMM

Surname

Warbrick AWMM

Service number

• NZ4216087 AWMM
• WWII 4216087 AWMM
• Elementary Flying Training at RNZAF Taieri. Taieri
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Gender

Male AWMM

Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe

• Iwi Māori, Māori AWMM
• Ngāti Te Ata, Ngā Iwi o Tainui, Tainui, Waka o Ngā Iwi, Ngā Iwi, Māori AWMM

Birth

27 Aug 1921 AWMM

Next of kin

WW2 Mother: Mrs A. Warbrick , Waipipi, Waiuku AWMM

Relationship status

Single/WWII AWMM

War

World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM

Armed force / branch

Air Force AWMM

Service number

• NZ4216087 AWMM
• WWII 4216087 AWMM
• Elementary Flying Training at RNZAF Taieri. Taieri
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Military service

• Royal New Zealand Air Force, No. 2 (Fighter) Operational Training Unit AWMM
• Flew Curtis P40 Kittyhawks from RNZAF Base Ohakea
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Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

RNZAF BASES: OHAKEA, TAIERI, ARDMORE, CALGARY CANADA

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Military training

• May 1943 AWMM
  Royal New Zealand Air Force, Initial Training Wing, Rotorua AWMM
• Royal New Zealand Air Force, No. 1 Elementary Flying Training School, Taieri AWMM
• British Commonwealth Air Training Plan, No. 37 Service Flying Training School, Calgary, Alberta, Canada AWMM
  Course 1: Class 94. Graduation Date: 10/03/1944. AWMM

Enlistment

WW2 May 1942 AWMM Civil servant/Civilian AWMM

Embarkation details

WW2 Vessel was Uruguay AWMM Royal New Zealand Air Force AWMM

Medical notes

Killed on Active Service, Cause of Death AWMM

Last rank

Sergeant AWMM
Royal New Zealand Air Force, No. 15 Squadron AWMM

Death

16 Aug 1944 AWMM
Age  23 AWMM

Age at death

23

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Place of death

Waiuku Golf Course

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Cause of death

Killed on Active Service AWMM

Death notes

• Barney was killed after his F4U-1 Corsair Torque rolled at low speed/low altitude, with gear and flaps down. The application of sudden power in this condition causes the Aircraft to roll violently to the left, at low Altitude he had no height to recover. The Aircraft impacted the central area of the Waiuku Golf course.
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• Killed when his F4U-1 Corsair Torque Rolled and crashed into the Waiuku Golf Course. The Corsair has a a large 3 blade propeller, the Torque produced by the 2000hp engine and large 3 blade propeller was at low airspeeds with landing flap/gear extended caused the Aircraft to roll with application of full power. The result at low altitude was a stall and crash with no height sufficient to recover. The Aircraft was lost and Barney was trapped and died in the Aircraft.
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• Barney was killed in his Corsair Aircraft when it crashed at low altitude and low Airspeed into the Waiuku Golf course. The cause of the crash was a Torque Roll due to the size of the Corsairs propellers and the effect it has on the Aircraft at low Airspeeds with application of throttle.
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Cemetery

urupa, Tahuna Pa Road, Franklin District, New Zealand AWMM

Grave reference

RNZAF Grave to the RIGHT from entrance by Kohanga

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Memorial name

• Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 2 Hall of Memories AWMM
• Waipipi Hall, 40 Creamery Road, Waipipi, South Auckland AWMM
• Waiuku War Memorial, George Street, Waiuku AWMM

Related objects

External links

• Commonwealth War Graves Commission record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/2920608
  Sources Used
• 'Roll of Honour' New Zealand Herald, 16 August 1945
  https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZH19450816.2.2
  Further Reference
• 'Airmen Loses Life' Evening Post, 17 August 1944
  https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19440817.2.28
  Further Reference
• Barney Pouheke Warbrick - Worth a Thousand Words Features
  https://www.aucklandmuseum.com/war-memorial/online-cenotaph/features/contributions
  Further Reference
• RNZAF [Royal New Zealand Air Force] Biographies of Deceased Personnel 1939 - 1945 (Bound Volumes) - Ue - Z. Archives New Zealand (R17845617)
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R17845617
  Sources Used

References

• Martyn, E. (1998-2008). For Your Tomorrow (Vols. 1-3). Christchurch, N.Z.: Volplane Press.
• 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) - Ue - Z. Archives New Zealand (R17845617) - 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.
• Auckland Museum. Roll of Honour, Auckland Province, 1939 - 1945. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS 93/139.