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WITHERS, Kenneth Fred
Personal Details
Service Number: | 406893 |
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Enlisted: | 28 April 1941 |
Last Rank: | Pilot Officer |
Last Unit: | No. 78 Squadron (RAF) |
Born: | Fremantle, Western Australia, 27 August 1919 |
Home Town: | Kirup, Donnybrook-Balingup, Western Australia |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
Died: | Flying Battle, Le Mans, France, 14 March 1944, aged 24 years |
Cemetery: |
Le Mans West Cemetery, France Plot 38 - 1939-45 Section - Row C - Grave 3, Le Mans West Cemetery, Le Mans, France |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Balingup War Memorial Clock, International Bomber Command Centre Memorial, Kirup War Memorial |
Service History
World War 2 Service
28 Apr 1941: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftman 2 (WW2), 406893, Perth, Western Australia | |
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28 Apr 1941: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Pilot Officer, 406893 | |
14 Mar 1944: | Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Pilot Officer, 406893, No. 78 Squadron (RAF), Air War NW Europe 1939-45 |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of George Frederick and Mary Withers
Plane was Halifax LW517 was shot down near Le Mans, France. It had earlier left Brighton UK at 22.41 hours for an operations over Le Mans