Flt Lt. Wallace Roy Mansill

Wallace Mansill was the son of Arthur Marmaduke and Isabel Sara Mansill, of Auckland; husband of Barbara Mansill, of Herne Bay, Auckland, New Zealand. Cenotaph: https://www.aucklandmuseum.com/war-memorial/online-cenotaph/record/....

03 August 1945 - A mid-air collison between aircraft from the R.N.Z.A.F. station at Ohakea occurred. The deceased were: Flying Officer William Pitt RANGER, aged 21, of Whangarei. Flight Lieutenant Wallace Roy MANSILL, aged 25, of Herne Hay, Auckland. Evidence was given by Flight Lieutenant A A Beer. New Zealand Herald (31 August 1945, p. 9).

Sanson, just south of Ohakea AFB: Curtiss P-40 Kittyhawk - Two P-40's collided in the air. NZ3290 (P-40N-25) and NZ3079 (P-40M-5). NZ3079 [Wallace Roy Mansill] lost its tail section in the collision, burst into flames, and crashed. NZ 3290 [William Pitt Ranger] spun into the ground with pieces of the other plane's tail entangled in its propeller blades. Source: https://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/66131