Name: Kennard, Kenneth---Age: 28
District: King's Lynn (Volume & Page: 4b & 818)
115 RAF Squadron’s Vickers Wellington Mk IC (#R1221) aircraft, with a crew of six, took flight from its base at RAF Marham in Norfolk; it was one of 29 Wellingtons (nine of which were from 115 Squadron) despatched on an air operation targeting Germany’s Hipper Class Cruiser warships in the harbour near Brest in France. R1221 was on its return to base when it crashed, after flying into a tree near East Winch, about 5 miles from King’s Lynn, taking the lives of the crew.
The six airmen who perished in this accident were-
RAFVR Sergeant David William Montague THOMAS,
RAF Sergeant Thomas Herbert Melvin SIMMONDS,
RAFVR Sergeant Edwin Joseph MILTON,
RAFVR Sergeant John Henry EADES,
RAFVR Sergeant Kenneth KENNARD and
RAFVR Sergeant Ronald Henry GRAY.
Military Service-
Rank: Sergeant
Trade: Wireless Operator/Air Gunner
Service Number: 942317
Age: 28
Service: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Division: 115 RAF Squadron (MOTTO: ‘Despite The Elements’); RAF Marham, Norfolk
Son of Charles and Lilian Kathleen Kennard; husband of Edna Joyce Kennard of Leicester; grandson of Mrs. K. F. Monk of Leicester.
Name: Kennard, Kenneth---Age: 28
District: King's Lynn (Volume & Page: 4b & 818)
115 RAF Squadron’s Vickers Wellington Mk IC (#R1221) aircraft, with a crew of six, took flight from its base at RAF Marham in Norfolk; it was one of 29 Wellingtons (nine of which were from 115 Squadron) despatched on an air operation targeting Germany’s Hipper Class Cruiser warships in the harbour near Brest in France. R1221 was on its return to base when it crashed, after flying into a tree near East Winch, about 5 miles from King’s Lynn, taking the lives of the crew.
The six airmen who perished in this accident were-
RAFVR Sergeant David William Montague THOMAS,
RAF Sergeant Thomas Herbert Melvin SIMMONDS,
RAFVR Sergeant Edwin Joseph MILTON,
RAFVR Sergeant John Henry EADES,
RAFVR Sergeant Kenneth KENNARD and
RAFVR Sergeant Ronald Henry GRAY.
Military Service-
Rank: Sergeant
Trade: Wireless Operator/Air Gunner
Service Number: 942317
Age: 28
Service: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Division: 115 RAF Squadron (MOTTO: ‘Despite The Elements’); RAF Marham, Norfolk
Son of Charles and Lilian Kathleen Kennard; husband of Edna Joyce Kennard of Leicester; grandson of Mrs. K. F. Monk of Leicester.
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