Name: R W D FORBES
Rank: Temp Sub-Lieutenant (A)
Official number: -
Role: Pilot
Service/attached: RNZNVR
Squadron: 894 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Illustrious
Date of death: 1943-07-27
Aircraft: Seafire IIc MB 187
Place of death: Scapa Flow
Circumstances: M.P.K.
Buried/commemorated: NEW ZEALAND NAVAL MEMORIAL, DEVONPORT, AUCKLAND, North Shore City
Commemoration details: Panel 8
Family details: Son of John and Jean Forbes, of Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand. Native of Timaru, New Zealand
