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260066 F/O. Pilot Ernest Anthony Blair New Zealand Air Force No. 172 Squadron, RAF from:Bayswater, Auckland, New Zealand (d.13th Apr 1942) A memorial to five air crew of a Wellington bomber was discovered by my son and family during a cliff walk in Devon. A keen family historian, I was determined to find out about "these boys", and so the journey began. All five names have been submitted to your website and they are all buried in the Heaton Punchard (St. Augustine) Churchyard, Devon. Four are side by side, and one a row behind. Their plane crashed at the base of the cliffs where their memorial was erected in 1988. The crash happened on the 13th April 1942, and as I understand it the 172 Squadron RAF was only formed on the 4th April 1942. These are the five: Ernest Blair was from New Zealand; Hamar Russ was Canadian; and Charles Daniel, Frederick Le Bon and Leslie Noble were British. We hope to visit their graves, now that we know where they are. R.I.P. Please type your message:      We recommend you copy the text about this item and keep a copy on your own computer before pressing submit. Your Name:             Email Address:       @ **Please type the first part our your email in the first box (eg. john.smith) the @ sign is added automaticallly, please type the second part in the second box (eg. gmail.com). Do not enter your full email in each box or add an @ sign or random spaces.**