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SAGE, Ernest

Personal Information
Rank F/O
Forename(s) Ernest Vernon
Surname Sage
Gender M
Age 25
Decorations
Date of death 10-05-1944
Next of kin Son of Mr and Mrs E Sage of Ohaupo, New Zealand. Husband of Mrs Barbara J Wright (Formerly Sage) of Nottingham.
Aircraft Information
Aircraft Avro Lancaster III
Serial Number JA918
Markings BQ-Q
Memorial information
Burial/Memorial Country United Kingdom
Burial/Memorial Place Runnymede Memorial
Grave Reference Panel 263..
Epitaph
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase 1
Panel Number 93
Enlistment information
Service Number 415369
Service Royal New Zealand Air Force
Group 1
Squadron 550
Trade Pilot
Country of origin if different New Zealand
Fellow Servicemen
Albutt O L (F/O)
Goulden D A (F/O)
Hopper W W (Sgt)
Pepper E G R (Sgt)
Robinson H P (Sgt)
Taylor W C (Sgt)
Last Operation information
Start Date 09-05-1944
End Date 10-05-1944
Takeoff Station North Killingholme
Day/Night raid Night
Operation Mardyck- to bomb a coastal battery near Dunkerque
Reason for Loss Shot down during an attack on a coastal battery near Dunkirk, the aircraft crashing in the sea