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1940s

  • 2nd Lieutenant William Alexander Miller Dabney

    2nd Lieutenant William Alexander Miller Dabney

    William Alexander Miller Dabney was born on 20 September 1918 to William Miller and Thea Boyd, nee Goode, Dabney in Lynchburg, Virginia.
  • Adjutant Henri Jacques Bouquillard

    Adjutant Henri Jacques Bouquillard

    Henri was shot down by two Me109's on 11th March 1941 in Hurricane IIa Z2757 and was killed when he dived into the ground near Tilbury, Essex.
  • Adjutant Pierre Michel Blaize

    Adjutant Pierre Michel Blaize

    Pierre Michel Blaize was born in Saint Leocadie, near Perpignan, in the Roussillon area of France on 1st November 1915. He joined the French Air Force in August 1935 and was promoted to Sergeant in August 1936.
  • Aircraftman 1st Class Albert John Asker

    Aircraftman 1st Class Albert John Asker

    AC1 Albert John Asker's death, on 20th September, 1942, is recorded by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission, but the cause would have remained a mystery, had it not been for an entry in a pilot's diary..
  • Aircraftman First Class Francis Hugh Turrell

    Aircraftman First Class Francis Hugh Turrell

    AC1 Francis Hugh Turrell was killed during the bombing raids on RAF Kenley on 18th August, 1940 - the Battle of Britain's "Hardest Day". He was laid to rest in St. Luke's churchyard, Whyteleafe, on 26th August, 1940.
  • Aircraftman First Class Kenneth Sidney George Nice

    Aircraftman First Class Kenneth Sidney George Nice

    Kenneth was killed as a result of an enemy air raid on 16th April, 1941, at 10pm.
  • Aircraftman First Class Leslie Barton Harris

    Aircraftman First Class Leslie Barton Harris

    Aircraftman First Class Leslie Barton Harris was killed in action while serving at Kenley during the Luftwaffe bombing raids of "The Hardest Day" - the 18th August, 1940.
  • Aircraftman First Class Roy Tapner

    Aircraftman First Class Roy Tapner

    Roy Tapner was killed during the Luftwaffe bombing raids on RAF Kenley on 18th August, 1940 - the Battle of Britain's "Hardest Day".
  • Aircraftman Second Class Arthur Leonard Moore

    Aircraftman Second Class Arthur Leonard Moore

    AC2 Arthur Leonard Moore was injured as a result of enemy action at RAF Kenley on 18th August, 1940, "The Hardest Day".
  • Aircraftman Second Class Claude Malcolm Yorke

    Aircraftman Second Class Claude Malcolm Yorke

    Claude Malcolm Yorke was killed at RAF Kenley on 18th August, 1940, during the bombing raids of "The Hardest Day".
  • Aircraftman Second Class George Henry Malivoire

    Aircraftman Second Class George Henry Malivoire

    George Henry Malivoire died in Redhill Hospital as a result of wounds sustained during the bombing raids on RAF Kenley on 18th August, 1940, the Battle of Britain's "Hardest Day".
  • Aircraftman Second Class William Charles Stanley Ford

    Aircraftman Second Class William Charles Stanley Ford

    Aircraftman Second Class William Charles Stanley Ford suffered multiple injuries during the raids on RAF Kenley which took place on 18th August, 1940, "The Hardest Day".
  • Aircraftwoman First Class Carol Winifred Lawry

    Aircraftwoman First Class Carol Winifred Lawry

    Carol Winifred Anne Carroll was born in July 1903, in West Derby, Lancashire. She was a very fit and active woman who enjoyed climbing, hiking and caving. In fact, she was the first woman recorded to have climbed Mount Kenya in February, 1938.
  • Captain (Flight Lieutenant) Jens Skjelderup Hertzberg

    Captain (Flight Lieutenant) Jens Skjelderup Hertzberg

    By the time the Germans invaded Norway on 9 April, 1940, Jens Hertzberg was already a long standing member of the Norwegian armed forces.
  • 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 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.
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