Personal details
Full Name:
- William Wallace Allison Burn
Lifetime:
- 17 Jun 1891–30 Jul 1915
Biography
William Wallace Allison Burn was the first New Zealander to qualify as a military aviator. During the First World War he served in the Middle East, where he became the first New Zealand pilot to be killed in action.
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The War in the air
More than 800 New Zealanders served as air or ground crew in the war between 1914 and 1918, the vast majority of them in Europe. A handful saw action in Gallipoli and the Middle East.
- Page 4 - New Zealand's air war 1914-1918With no military flying corps in New Zealand, hundreds of adventurous young Kiwis joined British and Australian air services during the First World
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Main image: Lieutenant William Burn
Portrait of Lieutenant William Burn, Royal Flying Corps