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  • Commander Robert Andrew Burg

    Commander Robert Andrew Burg

    COMMANDER ROBERT ANDREW BURG was born in December 1884 in Cheyenne County, Nebraska.
  • Corporal Frederick James McKenna

    Corporal Frederick James McKenna

    At 10.15pm on the night of Tuesday 19th September, 1931, a tragic accident took the life of 26 year old Corporal Frederick James McKenna, whose car collided with a signpost at Alderstead Heath, Merstham.
  • Corporal James Patrick McCann

    Corporal James Patrick McCann

    Corporal James Patrick McCann was born in 1926 in Clonaslee, Ireland. He died of exposure after being caught in a blizzard while training, in Snowdonia, for a climbing expedition.
  • Corporal William Frederick Jemmett

    Corporal William Frederick Jemmett

     William Jemmett was suffering from a nervous disorder when he dived out of an upper storey window, during a stay in hospital. He had been administered a sedative drug that may have made him prone to delusions.
  • Flight Lieutenant (Pilot) William Percival Cambridge

    Flight Lieutenant (Pilot) William Percival Cambridge

    William Percival Cambridge was born in India in 1912. He was the son of Sidney John Cambridge, a civil servant, and his wife Agnes.
  • Flight Lieutenant Capel Francis Goodson Adye

    Flight Lieutenant Capel Francis Goodson Adye

    Capel Francis Goodson Adye first joined the RAF, as a probationary Pilot Officer, on a Short Service Commission on 11 October 1929...
  • Flight Lieutenant Charles Sidney Darwood

    Flight Lieutenant Charles Sidney Darwood

    Charles Sidney Darwood joined the RAF as an Acting Pilot Officer on a Short Service Commission on 15 March 1935. On completion of his training, he joined No.111 Squadron at RAF Northolt, being noted on strength there in October 1936.
  • Flight Lieutenant Clifford George Pennock

    Flight Lieutenant Clifford George Pennock

    On 25th March 1944, 403 squadron RCAF, lost their fourth pilot of the month when F/Lt. Clifford George Pennock blacked out in a climbing turn after pulling out of a dive during a practice bombing run over Kenley airfield.
  • Flight Lieutenant Dennis Thomas Collins

    Flight Lieutenant Dennis Thomas Collins

    On 18th April 1939, Flight Lieutenant Dennis Collins and Acting Pilot Officer Frank Stiven of No.3 squadron, lost their lives when Stiven collided with Collins while trying to get into formation during a night flying exercise.
  • Flight Lieutenant Ernest Vair Sleigh Lacey

    Flight Lieutenant Ernest Vair Sleigh Lacey

    On 24th November, 1931, Flight Lieutenant Ernest Lacey and Pilot Officer John Edward Shrimpton were both killed when their De Havilland Gypsy Moth 60M (K1210) collided with one of 23 Squadron's Bristol Bulldogs (K1615), flown by Pilot Officer Frank Stokes, at 9.30am over Kenley Airfield.
  • Flight Lieutenant Felix St. John Woollard

    Flight Lieutenant Felix St. John Woollard

    On 22nd November, 1926, No.24 squadron tragically lost two of its officers in a flying accident at 1.30pm, when their DH9A, serial number 7310, stalled on take-off from Kenley.
  • Flight Lieutenant Harold Charles Calvey

    Flight Lieutenant Harold Charles Calvey

    On 1st July 1928, the R.A.F. lost one of it's finest aerobatic pilots in a freak accident when Avro 504N (H2534) of the RAF Practice Camp at Sutton Bridge, dived into the ground not far from RAF Henlow, killing Flight Lieutenant Harold Charles Calvey of No.23 Squadron, Kenley and Flight Sergeant William Charles Hollier, a carpenter/rigger. 
  • Flight Lieutenant Harry Thomas James Anderson

    Flight Lieutenant Harry Thomas James Anderson

    Harry Thomas James Anderson had arrived in Britain as a young boy with his family in May 1920. He had been born on 19 September 1911 in Portage la Prairie, Manitoba; the son of Harry and Kate (nee Dales) Anderson.
  • Flight Lieutenant Herbert John Southwood

    Flight Lieutenant Herbert John Southwood

    On Sunday 24th October, 1943, the 403 squadron, RCAF, Operations Record Book records the loss of F/L Herbert John Southwood, who went missing in the vicinity of Doullens, France.
  • Flight Lieutenant Lyn Bertram Madden

    Flight Lieutenant Lyn Bertram Madden

    Flight Lieutenant Lyn Bertram Madden had only joined 403 squadron on the 4th May, and was on his first sortie flying Spitfire Mk.IX, (BS246), when he was shot down on 15th May 1943.
  • Flight Lieutenant Orlan Roderick Brown

    Flight Lieutenant Orlan Roderick Brown

    On 16th February 1943, an afternoon fighter sweep turned into a disaster for Kenley's Canadian wing.
  • Flight Lieutenant Patrick Terrance O'Leary

    Flight Lieutenant Patrick Terrance O'Leary

    On 27th February 1943, Flight Lieutenant Patrick Terrance O'Leary, of 403 squadron, Kenley, was shot down by FW190's during a fierce dogfight, on an operation to escort bombers attacking an armed ship in the Dunkirk area.
  • Flight Lieutenant Richard Vincent Meredith

    Flight Lieutenant Richard Vincent Meredith

    The son of Percy Hamilton Meredith and Margaret Hilda Meredith, Richard Meredith was born in Runcorn in October 1914. He married Marjorie Honey in Liverpool during January 1938.
  • Flight Lieutenant Robert Harold Strang

    Flight Lieutenant Robert Harold Strang

    From Invercargill, he learned to fly privately with Southland Aero Club pre-war, joining the RNZAF in 1939, arriving in Britain with 11 other Kiwis the following year - seven would killed in action, and two more captured.
  • Flight Lieutenant Robert Stephenson Cromie M.D., M.M.S.A.

    Flight Lieutenant Robert Stephenson Cromie M.D., M.M.S.A.

    Among those killed in the bombing raids which devastated Kenley on the 18th August, 1940, was Flight Lieutenant Robert Cromie, No.615 Squadron's much loved Medical Officer. 
  • Flight Lieutenant Stanley Wilbur Matthews

    Flight Lieutenant Stanley Wilbur Matthews

    Stanley Wilbur Matthews was born on 29th November 1918 in Winnipeg, Canada. He was the son of William Herbert Matthews, a supervisor at T. Eaton’s department store, and Ethel Rose Johnson.
  • Flight Lieutenant Thomas Glyn Finlayson Ritchie

    Flight Lieutenant Thomas Glyn Finlayson Ritchie

    Thomas Glyn Finlayson Ritchie was born on 30th November, 1913, in Milngavie, Dunbartonshire. He was the son of Thomas McGown Ritchie and Jane Finlayson. 
  • Flight Sergeant (Pilot) John Raby Liken

    Flight Sergeant (Pilot) John Raby Liken

    John Raby Liken, known as "Jack" was born in Oamaru, New Zealand, on 25th November 1913.
  • Flight Sergeant (Pilot) Leonard Joseph Burke

    Flight Sergeant (Pilot) Leonard Joseph Burke

    Leonard was born at Alma, on Prince Edward Island, Canada, in 1918. He joined the RCAF in August 1940, and was posted overseas to England in May 1941.
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