Sqn Ldr
Walter
Jack
"Wally"
Runciman
AFC DFM
Born in Birkenhead, Auckland, New Zealand
Ancestors 
Brother of
Ulysses Ian Dalgleish Runciman and Valtie (Runciman) Campbell
Husband of
[private wife (1920s - 2020s)]
Descendants 
Father of
[private son (1940s - unknown)], [private son (1940s - unknown)] and [private daughter (1940s - unknown)]
Died
at age 35
in Queens Island, Sydenham, Belfast,Ireland
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Biography
Killed while giving a demonstration flight at an air display at Sydenham, Belfast. His aircraft, a Short Seamew, crashed from about 100 feet and exploded. He has about 3,000 flying hours on 60 types of aircraft.
https://www.unithistories.com/officers/RNZAF_officers.html
Draughtsman with a firm of refrigerating engineers at Auckland. 27.10.1940 joined RNZAF (Levin) 23.11.1940 No. 2 Elementary Flying Training School (New Plymouth) 18.01.1941 No. 3 Flying Training School (Ohakea) 29.04.1941 embarked for passage to UK 20.05.1941 No. 1 Manning Depot RAF 29.06.1941 No. 3 Personnel Reception Centre RAF 03.07.1941 20 Operational Training Unit RAF (Lossiemouth) 08.09.1941 pilot, 7 Squadron RAF (Oakington) (DFM) (5 operations as 2nd pilot, 27 operations as 1st pilot on Stirlings) # 01.08.1942 - 19.03.1944 pilot instructor with a Conversion Unit RAF (flying Stirlings) 03.1944 - 03.1944 Mosquito training (Swanton Morley) 27.03.1944 pilot, 487 (RNZAF) Squadron (Hunsdon) (43 operations as 1st pilot on Mosquitoes) ## 13.08.1947 - 19.08.1949 extended service commission, RAF (General Duties Branch) 19.08.1948 - 17.05.1952 permanent commission, RAF (General Duties Branch)
Married : Edwina Marguerite Golden.
Name: Walter Runciman Registration Date: Jul 1942 [Aug 1942] [Sep 1942] Registration Quarter: Jul-Aug-Sep Registration District: Cambridge Inferred County: Cambridgeshire Spouse: Edwina M Golden Volume Number: 3b Page Number: 1481
Northern Ireland, Will Calendar Index, 1858-1965 Name: Mr Walter Jack Runciman Death Date: 9 Jun 1956 Death Place: Northern Ireland Record Date: 27 Nov 1956 Record Place: Belfast, Northern Ireland URL: https://apps.proni.gov.uk/Will...
Sources
Walter Jack Runciman Gender: Male Military Date: 18 Aug 1943 Military Place: Wellington, New Zealand Rank: Squadron Leader (1946)
Source Citation General Register Office; United Kingdom; Volume: 3b; Page: 1481
Birth and location. Great Britain, Royal Aero Club Aviators’ Certificates, 1910-1950 Source Information Ancestry.com. Great Britain, Royal Aero Club Aviators’ Certificates, 1910-1950
Source Information Ancestry.com. Web: Northern Ireland, Will Calendar Index, 1858-1965 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2013. Web: Northern Ireland, Will Calendar Index, 1858-1965 Name: Mr Walter Jack Runciman Death Date: 9 Jun 1956 Death Place: Northern Ireland Record Date: 27 Nov 1956 Record Place: Belfast, Northern Ireland URL: https://apps.proni.gov.uk/Will...
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23.11.1940 No. 2 Elementary Flying Training School (New Plymouth) 18.01.1941 No. 3 Flying Training School (Ohakea) 29.04.1941 embarked for passage to UK 20.05.1941 No. 1 Manning Depot RAF 29.06.1941 No. 3 Personnel Reception Centre RAF 03.07.1941 20 Operational Training Unit RAF (Lossiemouth) 08.09.1941 pilot, 7 Squadron RAF (Oakington) (DFM) (5 operations as 2nd pilot, 27 operations as 1st pilot on Stirlings) # 01.08.1942 - 19.03.1944 pilot instructor with a Conversion Unit RAF (flying Stirlings) 03.1944 - 03.1944 Mosquito training (Swanton Morley) 27.03.1944 pilot, 487 (RNZAF) Squadron (Hunsdon) (43 operations as 1st pilot on Mosquitoes) ##