BOMBER TRAGEDY
INQUEST ON VICTIMS
P.A. NEW PLYMOUTH, This Day. Evidence of identification of the bodies of Flying Officer Jack Martin, pilot (wife, Mrs. G. M. Martin, Wellington), Sergeant Harold Edwin Day, navigator (wife. Mrs. B. A. Day. Tauranga), Sergeant James Walter McKay, air gunner (mother, Mrs. W. McKay, Makarewa, Southland), Sergeant Frank William Skottowe Webb, air gunner (mother, Mrs. R. S. Webb, Dunedin), and Sergeant Arnold Thomas Hill, Wireless operator-air gunner (father Mr. F. J. Hill, Wairoa), who were killed when an R.N.Z.A.F. bomber crashed on Mount Egmont on Tuesday, was given by Flight Lieutenant Edgar Thomas Kippenberger and Constable R. D. Hardie before the Coroner, Mr. W. H. Woodward, S.M., in New Plymouth this morning. Flight Lieutenant Kippenberger said that Flying Officer Martin, another pilot, and himself were scheduled to take off from Ohakea on a training flight at 8.30 on Tuesday morning. Flying Officer Martin and his entire crew did not return. -Evening Star, 5/10/1944.
Deaths
For the Empire's Cause.
WEBB — On October 3, 1944, at Opunake (as a result of an aircraft accident), N.Z. 439817 Sergeant Frank William Skottowe Webb, R.N.Z.A.F., dearly loved only son of Ngaire and R. Skottowe Webb. 51 Bayfield road, Anderson's Bay, loved brother of Enid and loved grandson of Elizabeth and the late W. J. Veal, 17 Springhill road, Mornington; aged 19 years. "His duty nobly done." — The Funeral will leave the residence of his parents, 51 Bayfield road, Anderson's Bay, on Sunday, the 8th inst., at the conclusion of a service commencing at 2 p.m., thence to St. Michael's Anglican Church. Elliot street, Anderson's Bay, for a service commencing at 2.15 p.m., thence to the Anderson's Bay Cemetery. — Hope and Kinaston, funeral directors. -Evening Star, 6/10/1944.
KILLED IN AIR ACCIDENT
SERGEANT F. W. S. WEBB
Sergeant Frank William Skottowe Webb, who was killed when an aircraft of the R.N.Z.A.F. crashed at Opunake on October 3, was the only son of Mr and Mrs R. S. Webb, 51 Bayfield road, Anderson's Ray.
Sergeant Webb, who was in his twentieth year, was educated at the Macandrew Road and Anderson's Bay Schools, the Otago Boys' High School, and Dunedin Technical College. He was one of the original members of the Dunedin wing of the Air Training Corps, and in July, 1943, joined the Royal New Zealand Air Force, his training having been completed when he met his death.
While he was a member of the A.T.C. Sergeant Webb took an active interest in the sporting activities of the corps, and he was also a member of St. Michael's Church Club. He was a cousin of Pilot-officer Webb, the only son of Canon C. E. P. Webb, of Holy Cross Church, St. Kilda, who was killed in England three months ago. -Evening Star, 7/10/1944.
FOR THE EMPIRE’S CAUSE
In Memoriam
WEBB. — In loving memory of our only son, Sergeant Frank William Skottowe Webb, killed in aircraft accident, Opunake, October 3, 1944; also his gallant comrades, who went with him. "Their duty nobly done.”
A token of love and remembrance, Of one we will never forget;
His memory to us is a treasure; His loss a lifetime regret.
Sweet are the memories that never fade, Of one we loved so much.
A loving smile and a happy face, A broken link we can never replace.
— Inserted by his loving mother and father.
WEBB. — In loving memory of my brother, Sergeant Frank William Skottowe Webb, killed in aircraft accident, Opunake, October 3. 1944; also his gallant comrades, who went with him. “In silence we remember.”
A nature you couldn’t help loving; A heart that was purer than gold;
To those who knew him and loved him, His memory will never grow old.
— Inserted by his loving sister. Enid, and Ray.
WEBB. — In loving memory of dear Frank (sergeant air gunner), killed in aircraft accident October 3, 1944.
Oh, for a touch of the vanished hand And the sound of a voice that is still.
— Inserted by Nannie. -Otago Daily Times, 3/10/1947.
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