KINSELLA, Alan John

1937 - 1957  (19 years)

• Name	KINSELLA, Alan John  [1, 2]
  Birth	20 Nov 1937	Blackball, Westland, New Zealand   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Death	4 Mar 1957	Huntly, Waikato, New Zealand   [1, 2]
  Burial	Westland, West Coast, New Zealand   [1]
  Person ID	I5287	Stark Family Tree
  Last Modified	31 Mar 2025

  
  

  Father	KINSELLA, Leslie John,   b. 24 Jun 1906, Ahaura, Westland, New Zealand d. 27 Feb 1983, Te Kuiti, King Country, New Zealand (Age 76 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	WILLIAMS, Lilian Jessamine,   b. 12 Aug 1909, Ahaura, Nelson, New Zealand d. 10 Jun 1962, Blackball, Westland, New Zealand (Age 52 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	1936	New Zealand   [3]
  Family ID	F1997	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Burial - - Westland, West Coast, New Zealand  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

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  		AJ Kinsella Grave

  
  

• Notes

  A J Kinsella was a 19 year old pilot who was killed while flying a Harvard. From the book For Your Tomorrow Vol 2 by Errol W. Martyn. Mon 4 Mar 1957 Army Co-operation exercise at Hopuhopu Military Camp, Ngaruawahia. North American Harvard 111 NZ1074 - took off at about 1450 and proceeded to the camp, where a series of low-level runs were made so that the Army could exercise their Territorial field gun crews in tracking and training. At 1605, released from his duties, the pilot dived over the camp from the south, climbed and executed a wing over. Diving again from the opposite direction, he carried out a climbing roll and lost control, the Harvard flicking into a high speed stall and crashing onto an unused airfield adjacent to the camp. The pilot was thrown out as the aircraft disintegrated. He is buried at Blackball and the navigator at Karori, Wellington. Pilot: 78247 Plt Off Alan John KINSELLA, RNZAF Age 19 133hrs solo (80 on Harvard) Navigator: 78143 Plt Off Graeme Robert ASKEW RNZAF Age 19. The two airmen belonged to the Transport Support Unit at Whenuapai at the time.

  
  

• Sources

  [S36] Ancestry.com, New Zealand, Cemetery Records, 1800-2007, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2014;). New Zealand, Cemetery Records, 1800-2007 [S37] Ancestry.com, New Zealand, Death Index, 1848-1966, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2014;), New Zealand, Death Index, 1848-1966. [S15] Ancestry.com, New Zealand, Marriage Index, 1840-1937, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2014;).