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Jane Winstone

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Portrait of Jane Winstone, New Zealand pilot with the Air Transport Auxiliary. Image kindly provided by Air Force Museum of New Zealand MUS0507611.

Portrait of Jane Winstone, New Zealand pilot with the Air Transport Auxiliary. Image kindly provided …

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Identity

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Jane AWMM
  • Surname
    Winstone AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
  • Gender
    Female AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
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Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    24 September 1912 AWMM Wanganui, Manawatu-Wanganui, New Zealand AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
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  • Address before enlistment
    WW2 Wanganui AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
  • Relationship status

Service

Wars and conflicts

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Military decorations

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  • Medals and Awards

Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    WW2 19 August 1942 AWMM AWMM
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  • Age on enlistment

Embarkations

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Prisoner of war

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  • Capture details
  • Days interned
  • Liberation date
  • Liberation Repatriation
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Medical history

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  • Medical notes
    Killed in Air Accident, Cause of Death AWMM
    Killed in an aircraft accident AWMM

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Jane Winstone was the daughter of Arthur George Winstone and Lina Storme Clapham, of Wanganui

    Fiance of Angus Carr MacKenzie (NZ404491) lost on an operation in the Atlantic in 1942.

    She took up flying at the age of 16 and flew solo at age 17. She also met her fiance through the Wanganui Aero Club.

    In 2005 a retirement village in Wanganui was named in memory of "one of New Zealand's greatest aviators" the Jane Winstone Retirement Village. AWMM
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Death

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  • Death
    10 February 1944 AWMM
    Age 31 AWMM
    Shropshire, England AWMM
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  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Killed in Air Accident AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Maidenhead Cemetery, Berkshire, England AWMM Sec. D. Row W. Grave 17. AWMM
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Memorials

Memorial

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  • Memorial name
    Jane Winstone Retirement Village, Wanganui, New Zealand AWMM

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21 April 2020BrendonAuckland, New ZealandOther relative

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