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  • 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 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 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 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 George Herbert Hatch

    Flight Sergeant George Herbert Hatch

    George Hatch was the fifth child of John Lionel Hatch and Annie Elizabeth (French) Hatch, born in the New Forest at the end of 1911.
  • Flight Sergeant John Desmond O'Connor

    Flight Sergeant John Desmond O'Connor

    Flight Sergeant John Desmond O'Connor was born 21st September 1919, in Rotherham, Yorkshire.
  • Flight Sergeant John Stewart Harries

    Flight Sergeant John Stewart Harries

    John Stewart Harries was the son of William and Florence Mabel (nee Dunford) Harries. He was probably born in Cardiff in 1919.
  • Flight Sergeant William Charles Hollier

    Flight Sergeant William Charles Hollier

    In February, 1915, William enlisted in the Royal Flying Corps, mustering as an Aero Rigger. Six months later, he married Ruth Margaret Rogers, in Gravesend - the couple had four children, two girls and two boys, between 1915 and 1921.
  • Flight Sergeant William Thomas Jones

    Flight Sergeant William Thomas Jones

    William Thomas Jones was the son of Thomas and Agnes Jones of Rhosymedre, Denbighshire and husband to Doris Gwendolyn Jones of Leytonstone.
  • Flying Officer (Pilot) Alistair John Oswald Jeffrey DFC

    Flying Officer (Pilot) Alistair John Oswald Jeffrey DFC

    Alistair John Oswald Jeffrey joined the RAF in March 1937 on a short service commission. Following a period with 2FTS at Brize Norton, he was posted to the SHQ staff at RAF Church Fenton in June 1938.
  • Flying Officer (Pilot) John Swift Bell

    Flying Officer (Pilot) John Swift Bell

    On 30th August, 1940, Bell was shot down, his Spitfire crashed and he was killed. Bell was the fourth pilot from 616 to lose his life whilst the squadron was stationed at Kenley.
  • Flying Officer (Pilot) Peter James Christopher King

    Flying Officer (Pilot) Peter James Christopher King

    Peter James Christopher King, the son of Colonel Harold James King, Royal Artillery, and of Elise Mabel King, of Farnborough, Warwickshire, was born on 28 September 1920.
  • Flying Officer Archibald Campbell Johnstone

    Flying Officer Archibald Campbell Johnstone

    On the morning of 30th April, 1932, three of 23 squadron's Bulldogs were carrying out various manoeuvres in the Ashdown Forest area, when the two rear aircraft of the 'vic' formation collided, following a signal to change formation.
  • Flying Officer Charles Henry Jones

    Flying Officer Charles Henry Jones

    On 14th August 1929, Flying Officer Charles Henry Jones of No.23 squadron, RAF Kenley, was killed when his Gloster Gamecock Mk.I (J7914) stalled off a steep turn shortly after take-off from RAF Sutton Bridge.
  • Flying Officer Christopher John Drake Andreae

    Flying Officer Christopher John Drake Andreae

    Christopher John Drake Andreae was a Londoner. He was educated at Shrewsbury School between 1930 and 1935. He then joined Caius College, Cambridge reading Natural Science.
  • Flying Officer Donald George Alexander Stewart

    Flying Officer Donald George Alexander Stewart

    Hailing from London, Donald George Alexander Stewart was born in 1913, the eldest son of William George Stewart, a Scotsman, and Mary Sarah Stewart (nee Edwards) who was born in Dover.
  • Flying Officer Edward William Logsdail

    Flying Officer Edward William Logsdail

    On 7th July, 1923, Tragedy struck No.24 Squadron, when two of their pilots were killed in an Airco DH.9a (H3431) shortly after take-off from Kenley.
  • Flying Officer Frederic Laing Collison

    Flying Officer Frederic Laing Collison

    On 22nd November, 1926, No.24 squadron tragically lost two of its officers in a flying accident at 1.30pm, when their De Havilland DH9A, serial number 7310, stalled on take-off from Kenley.
  • Flying Officer Frederick Hubert Guy Shepard A.F.C.

    Flying Officer Frederick Hubert Guy Shepard A.F.C.

    On 2nd October 1919, Flying Officer Frederick Hubert Guy Shepard AFC, of No.1 Communication squadron, Kenley, lost his life when his DH4 bi-plane, (K5783), suffered a mechanical failure during a flight to the North-East of England, and crashed in the Newcastle area.
  • Flying Officer George Edward Moberly

    Flying Officer George Edward Moberly

  • Flying Officer Harold Oliver Prout AFC

    Flying Officer Harold Oliver Prout AFC

    On 4th November, 1920, Flying Officer Harold Oliver Prout AFC and his observer, Flying Officer Horace Edgar Fenwick, were on the return leg of a trip to Winchester when they arrived back at Kenley, at 5pm, to find the airfield shrouded in thick fog....
  • Flying Officer Horace Edgar Fenwick

    Flying Officer Horace Edgar Fenwick

    On 4th November, 1920, Flying Officer Harold Oliver Prout AFC and his observer, Flying Officer Horace Edgar Fenwick, were on the return leg of a trip to Winchester when they arrived back at Kenley, at 5pm, to find the airfield shrouded in thick fog.
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