Suggested edit: Gerald Moore Kennedy, Son of Dr. David Kennedy, M.D., and of Janet Findlay Kennedy, of Bucklebury, Berkshire. Scholar of Radley, College and of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge. Gerald was served with the RAF in WWII and lost his life when his plane, Whitley Z6558 78 Squadron crashed at Itteren, Maastricht, Limburg Holland....
The crew were briefed to attack Koln. The ATD of the aircraft from RAF Middleton St. George, County Durham was 2324
After carrying out its bomb run Z6558/EY-H was coned by searchlights, intercepted and shot down by night fighter pilot Oberleutnant Reinhold Knacke of the 2./NJG 1, who was flying a Bf 110 from Venlo airfield. The aircraft crashed at Itteren (Limburg) 5km N of Maastricht, Holland at 0103
Pilot Sgt A. Jepson +
2nd Pilot P/O G.M. Kennedy +
Observer Sgt G.A. Avory +
Wireless Operator Sgt J.F. Hollingworth +
The crew are all buried in the Jonkerbos War Cemetery, Nijmegen, the Netherlands
Contributor: Michel Beckers (47419676)
The crew were briefed to attack Koln. The ATD of the aircraft from RAF Middleton St. George, County Durham was 2324
After carrying out its bomb run Z6558/EY-H was coned by searchlights, intercepted and shot down by night fighter pilot Oberleutnant Reinhold Knacke of the 2./NJG 1, who was flying a Bf 110 from Venlo airfield. The aircraft crashed at Itteren (Limburg) 5km N of Maastricht, Holland at 0103
Pilot Sgt A. Jepson +
2nd Pilot P/O G.M. Kennedy +
Observer Sgt G.A. Avory +
Wireless Operator Sgt J.F. Hollingworth +
The crew are all buried in the Jonkerbos War Cemetery, Nijmegen, the Netherlands
Contributor: Michel Beckers (47419676)
Suggested edit: Gerald Moore Kennedy, Son of Dr. David Kennedy, M.D., and of Janet Findlay Kennedy, of Bucklebury, Berkshire. Scholar of Radley, College and of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge. Gerald was served with the RAF in WWII and lost his life when his plane, Whitley Z6558 78 Squadron crashed at Itteren, Maastricht, Limburg Holland....
The crew were briefed to attack Koln. The ATD of the aircraft from RAF Middleton St. George, County Durham was 2324
After carrying out its bomb run Z6558/EY-H was coned by searchlights, intercepted and shot down by night fighter pilot Oberleutnant Reinhold Knacke of the 2./NJG 1, who was flying a Bf 110 from Venlo airfield. The aircraft crashed at Itteren (Limburg) 5km N of Maastricht, Holland at 0103
Pilot Sgt A. Jepson +
2nd Pilot P/O G.M. Kennedy +
Observer Sgt G.A. Avory +
Wireless Operator Sgt J.F. Hollingworth +
The crew are all buried in the Jonkerbos War Cemetery, Nijmegen, the Netherlands
Contributor: Michel Beckers (47419676)
The crew were briefed to attack Koln. The ATD of the aircraft from RAF Middleton St. George, County Durham was 2324
After carrying out its bomb run Z6558/EY-H was coned by searchlights, intercepted and shot down by night fighter pilot Oberleutnant Reinhold Knacke of the 2./NJG 1, who was flying a Bf 110 from Venlo airfield. The aircraft crashed at Itteren (Limburg) 5km N of Maastricht, Holland at 0103
Pilot Sgt A. Jepson +
2nd Pilot P/O G.M. Kennedy +
Observer Sgt G.A. Avory +
Wireless Operator Sgt J.F. Hollingworth +
The crew are all buried in the Jonkerbos War Cemetery, Nijmegen, the Netherlands
Contributor: Michel Beckers (47419676)
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A LAD WELL-BELOVED AND FULL OF PROMISE, WHO GAVE HIS LIFE FOR HIS COUNTRY
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