Robert Charles Chesterman

In memoriam

425763 Flight Sergeant R.C. Chesterman, Wireless Operator/Air Gunner Royal N.Z. Air Force, 22nd November 1944 Age 34

Service Number ~ NZ 425763 Unit ~ 37 Squadron Military Base ~ Tortorella, Italy Command ~ Mediterranean Ship ~ Wellington X LP574 LF-U Occupation ~ Wireless Operator Residence Place ~ Kanieri, West Coast, New Zealand Flight Sergeant Chesterman Lost His Life When His Aircraft Was Shot Down By A Night Fighter At Kuriapuzta Near Pordefolde on the Hungary/Yugoslav Border During A Raid on Railway Yards At Szombathely Son of Thomas Chesterman and of Elizabeth Frances Chesterman (nee Meharry), of Kanieri, Westland, New Zealand; husband of Linda Evelyn Maud Chesterman, of Ashburton, Canterbury, New Zealand. Killed whilst with 37 Squadron Wellington X LP574 LF-U - All five crew killed.

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