Service Number: RNZAF 424401
Military Base: B 60/Grimbergen, Belgium
Unit: RAF 19 Squadron
Command: 2 Tactical Air Force
Ship: Mustang Iiib
Occupation: Pilot
Casualty: Killed in action
Residence Place: Auckland, New Zealand
Burial Place: Zutphen General Cemetery, Netherlands
Notes: Shot Down By Flak Near Apeldoorn When Attacking Trains During an Armed Recce Over the Arnhem-Zwolle-Lingen Area
Source: UK, World War II Index to Allied Airmen Roll of Honour, 1939-1945
Son of William Norman Abbott and of Vera Florence Abbott (Nee Duthie) of Auckland City, New Zealand.
William was the son of Dr and Mrs Abbott of Manukau Road, Epsom, Auckland, New Zealand. He was educated at Kings College where he was a member of Town House from 1936-39, and was known as a keen athlete and member of the Parnell Tennis Club. He was employed as a Shipping Clerk in Auckland before joining the Air Force. He enlisted in the RNZAF on the 6th August 1941 and after completing his pilot training in New Zealand, was posted to the UK on the 3rd April 1943, where his squadron provided fighter cover to the D-Day Landings. William was fighting over the Falaise Bridgehead on his 21st birthday. He was posted to No.19 Squadron, RAF, on 5th August 1944 and is known to have flown at least 13 operations by the 20th. At 1245 hours on the 9th September 1944 W/O Abbott took off from Grimbergen, Belgium in a Mustang IIIB (FB148) for an armed reconnaissance over the Arnhem-Zwolle-Lingen area of the Netherlands and Germany. His plane was one of two which failed to return. Three locomotives were shot up and badly damaged during the reconnaissance, but two of the planes were shot down by the intense light flak. Abbott's plane was lost south of Apeldoorn and he is buried in the Zutphen General Cemetery, Netherlands...
Military Base: B 60/Grimbergen, Belgium
Unit: RAF 19 Squadron
Command: 2 Tactical Air Force
Ship: Mustang Iiib
Occupation: Pilot
Casualty: Killed in action
Residence Place: Auckland, New Zealand
Burial Place: Zutphen General Cemetery, Netherlands
Notes: Shot Down By Flak Near Apeldoorn When Attacking Trains During an Armed Recce Over the Arnhem-Zwolle-Lingen Area
Source: UK, World War II Index to Allied Airmen Roll of Honour, 1939-1945
Son of William Norman Abbott and of Vera Florence Abbott (Nee Duthie) of Auckland City, New Zealand.
William was the son of Dr and Mrs Abbott of Manukau Road, Epsom, Auckland, New Zealand. He was educated at Kings College where he was a member of Town House from 1936-39, and was known as a keen athlete and member of the Parnell Tennis Club. He was employed as a Shipping Clerk in Auckland before joining the Air Force. He enlisted in the RNZAF on the 6th August 1941 and after completing his pilot training in New Zealand, was posted to the UK on the 3rd April 1943, where his squadron provided fighter cover to the D-Day Landings. William was fighting over the Falaise Bridgehead on his 21st birthday. He was posted to No.19 Squadron, RAF, on 5th August 1944 and is known to have flown at least 13 operations by the 20th. At 1245 hours on the 9th September 1944 W/O Abbott took off from Grimbergen, Belgium in a Mustang IIIB (FB148) for an armed reconnaissance over the Arnhem-Zwolle-Lingen area of the Netherlands and Germany. His plane was one of two which failed to return. Three locomotives were shot up and badly damaged during the reconnaissance, but two of the planes were shot down by the intense light flak. Abbott's plane was lost south of Apeldoorn and he is buried in the Zutphen General Cemetery, Netherlands...
Service Number: RNZAF 424401
Military Base: B 60/Grimbergen, Belgium
Unit: RAF 19 Squadron
Command: 2 Tactical Air Force
Ship: Mustang Iiib
Occupation: Pilot
Casualty: Killed in action
Residence Place: Auckland, New Zealand
Burial Place: Zutphen General Cemetery, Netherlands
Notes: Shot Down By Flak Near Apeldoorn When Attacking Trains During an Armed Recce Over the Arnhem-Zwolle-Lingen Area
Source: UK, World War II Index to Allied Airmen Roll of Honour, 1939-1945
Son of William Norman Abbott and of Vera Florence Abbott (Nee Duthie) of Auckland City, New Zealand.
William was the son of Dr and Mrs Abbott of Manukau Road, Epsom, Auckland, New Zealand. He was educated at Kings College where he was a member of Town House from 1936-39, and was known as a keen athlete and member of the Parnell Tennis Club. He was employed as a Shipping Clerk in Auckland before joining the Air Force. He enlisted in the RNZAF on the 6th August 1941 and after completing his pilot training in New Zealand, was posted to the UK on the 3rd April 1943, where his squadron provided fighter cover to the D-Day Landings. William was fighting over the Falaise Bridgehead on his 21st birthday. He was posted to No.19 Squadron, RAF, on 5th August 1944 and is known to have flown at least 13 operations by the 20th. At 1245 hours on the 9th September 1944 W/O Abbott took off from Grimbergen, Belgium in a Mustang IIIB (FB148) for an armed reconnaissance over the Arnhem-Zwolle-Lingen area of the Netherlands and Germany. His plane was one of two which failed to return. Three locomotives were shot up and badly damaged during the reconnaissance, but two of the planes were shot down by the intense light flak. Abbott's plane was lost south of Apeldoorn and he is buried in the Zutphen General Cemetery, Netherlands...
Military Base: B 60/Grimbergen, Belgium
Unit: RAF 19 Squadron
Command: 2 Tactical Air Force
Ship: Mustang Iiib
Occupation: Pilot
Casualty: Killed in action
Residence Place: Auckland, New Zealand
Burial Place: Zutphen General Cemetery, Netherlands
Notes: Shot Down By Flak Near Apeldoorn When Attacking Trains During an Armed Recce Over the Arnhem-Zwolle-Lingen Area
Source: UK, World War II Index to Allied Airmen Roll of Honour, 1939-1945
Son of William Norman Abbott and of Vera Florence Abbott (Nee Duthie) of Auckland City, New Zealand.
William was the son of Dr and Mrs Abbott of Manukau Road, Epsom, Auckland, New Zealand. He was educated at Kings College where he was a member of Town House from 1936-39, and was known as a keen athlete and member of the Parnell Tennis Club. He was employed as a Shipping Clerk in Auckland before joining the Air Force. He enlisted in the RNZAF on the 6th August 1941 and after completing his pilot training in New Zealand, was posted to the UK on the 3rd April 1943, where his squadron provided fighter cover to the D-Day Landings. William was fighting over the Falaise Bridgehead on his 21st birthday. He was posted to No.19 Squadron, RAF, on 5th August 1944 and is known to have flown at least 13 operations by the 20th. At 1245 hours on the 9th September 1944 W/O Abbott took off from Grimbergen, Belgium in a Mustang IIIB (FB148) for an armed reconnaissance over the Arnhem-Zwolle-Lingen area of the Netherlands and Germany. His plane was one of two which failed to return. Three locomotives were shot up and badly damaged during the reconnaissance, but two of the planes were shot down by the intense light flak. Abbott's plane was lost south of Apeldoorn and he is buried in the Zutphen General Cemetery, Netherlands...
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