Guy Menzies

Guy Menzies
Birth nameGuy Lambton Menzies
Born(1909-08-20)20 August 1909
Drummoyne, New South Wales, Australia
Died1 November 1940(1940-11-01) (aged 31)
AllegianceAustralia
Service / branchRoyal Air Force
Years of service1939–40
RankSquadron Leader
Service number32061
UnitNo. 228 Squadron RAF
Battles / warsSecond World War
Menzies, c. 1931
On 7 January 1931 Australian aviator Guy Menzies crash landed in the La Fontaine Swamp, near Hari Hari on the West Coast of New Zealand

Guy Lambton Menzies (20 August 1909 – 1 November 1940) was an Australian aviator who flew the first solo trans-Tasman flight, from Sydney, Australia to the West Coast of New Zealand, on 7 January 1931.