PERSONALIA
 
Name:  Kaye, Ivon George
Date of birth: June 7th, 1917
Date of death:  April 4th, 1993 (Rotorua, New Zealand)
Nationality:  New Zealander
BIOGRAPHY: 
Ivon George Kaye joined the Royal New Zealand Air Force in 1939 and was trained as an Air Gunner in Canada. He flew with No. 7 Squadorn and No. 75 (RNZAF) Squadron. In 1945 he returned to New Zealand and trained Air Gunners at Fiji on Catalinas. He was honorably discharged in 1946.
     
DISTINGUISHED FLYING CROSS (DFC)
Rank: Flying Officer
Unit: No. 7 Squadron, Royal Air Force
Awarded on: June 30th, 1944
Details: Published in The London Gazette dated 30th June 1944.
At the time of the actual awarding, Kaye was already transferred to No. 75 (RNZAF) Squadron.
 
     
WAR SERVICE MEDAL 1939-1945
Rank: Flying Officer
 
     
1939-1945 STAR
 
     
AIR CREW EUROPE STAR
 
     
DEFENCE MEDAL 1939-1945
 
     
WAR MEDAL 1939-1945
 
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Picture source:   - Family
Information source(s):   - Fourth Supplement to The London Gazette of Tuesday 27th June 1944, Issue 36589, dated 30th June 1944
- Online Memorial Ivon Kaye
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