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Below is information on Group 324 and 4 LSI Division . As can be seen from below, the ship was given the Landing Number of J30 and you can also see “some” (list is not complete) of the assigned Landing Craft Assualt (LCA) number from 544 and 556 Royal Marine Assault Flotilla’s Group 324 This was a f...

Monowai’s Roll during Operation Overlord Assault Landings - 6 Jun 1944 Monowai was assigned to Operation Neptune, to initially take part in the assault landings by Canadian Troops on Juno Beach - Nan White and Nan Red The ship was assigned to GROUP 324, 4 LSI Division , and embarked Canadian and ot...

I will start with first posting the sources that I used for the research on the lowering position of New Zealand ship Monowai during the Normandy assault landings Sources : Operation "Neptune" Force 'J' Operation Orders - dated 19 May 1944 (DND - R24, C17, Vol 17,763, Reel T-7620, Library and Archiv...

Just to keep everyone (who care’s) up to date on this thread. I did recieve a response from the Museum in Auckland, response below: Thank you for your enquiry regarding the Second World War service of the New Zealand Merchant Navy vessel, Monowai. Thank you also for sharing this very interesting inf...

Your welcome Heather and good luck on your further research

That’s all I can find Heather. As you can see, he flew 20 missions with 433 Squadron and then 1 mission (or possibly 2, I may have missed one) with 415 Squadron . Before the were sent to 433 Squadron, the crew was at 1679 Heavy Conversion Unit , a unit set up to train crews for RCAF Squadrons. I can...

OK, here’s all the info. J.G. McNeill and crew were posted into 433 Squadron FROM 1679 Conversion Unit on the 4 Jan 1944. this first record is of their posting into 433 Squadron 046F20C8-ECD1-4698-9AAE-2A52F12894CF.jpeg And then all these records of the 20 missions they were on with 433 Squadron un...

Heather, I was able to confirm that McNeill and his crew flew for 433 Squadron before joining 415 Squadron. I’m finding all their missions right now (and their were a lot) and will post them up when I have them all, hopefully in the next little while)

Cheers

Heather, I only found ONE mission he flew with 415 Squadron. His pilot (of his crew) was killed on the 21st Aug 1944 in a flying accident. Records are below.......but he wasn’t with the crew.......he had FINSIHED his second tour on the 8th Aug 1944 and was “screened” (wasn’t sent on any more mission...

Hi there, Wow this is amazing! I started trying to look through the records but it is quite the task! Im amazed you found this information!! Thank you so much! Yes, it seems he was only with 415 for a short time. I believe he finished his second 'tour' August 7, 1944 and was then 'screened'. I can'...