Rank: Flying Officer (Pilot), Service No: J/20024. Royal Canadian Air Force, Unit: 426 Thunderbird Sqdn. Born 14/03/1922 at Blenheim, ON., the son of Lloyd ‘Tony’  Harris Kennedy and Cora Olive Kennedy, of Merlin and Port Crewe, brother of William (RCAF) and a sister Ruth (Parker), Ontario, Canada.   

Age: 21, KIA – Date of Death: 05/04/1943. While flying in a Wellington bomber # X 3699 on Air Ops. Over Keil Germany aircraft was damaged by flak and enemy aircraft attack. The pilot ditched the aircraft in the sea off Yarmouth, England. Two crew killed and two rescued 

Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead, Grave/Memorial Reference: Grave 296.

Cemetery: SCOTTOW CEMETERY, Walsham, Norfolk, Englan 

 Afa:“The Tilbury Story 1887 -1987”. “The First 200 Years” by Alvin Armstrong. Index of Overseas Deaths. They Shall Grow Not Old,

 

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Sources	The Tilbury Story 1887 -1987, The First 200 Years by Alvin Armstrong, Index of Overseas Deaths, They Shall Not Grow Old, CDN-CI, MLMB, RI,, MCS42/43, TBF-RH, RDB45
Supplemental Information	Born 14/03/1922 at Blenheim, ON., the son of Lloyd Harris Kennedy and Cora Olive Kennedy, of Merlin, Ontario, Canada. Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead, Grave/Memorial Reference: Grave 296. Cemetery: SCOTTOW CEMETERY.

Age

21

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