British officers  |  RAF  |  home

For detailed biographies of key RAF personnel (Air Commodore and higher) there is already an excellent website: www.rafweb.org
Only RAF officers of ranks below Air Commodore will be shown here in detail. Abbreviations and explanations can be found at the help page.

A  B  C  D  E  F  G  H  I  J  K  L  M  N  O  P  Q  R  S  T  U  V  W  X  Y  Z

K			top
Kay-Shuttleworth, Richard Ughtred Paul	see:	Shuttleworth, 2nd Baron (cr. 1902), of Gawthorpe
Keegan, Michael Son of William and Sarah Keegan. Husband of Bridget Mary Keegan, of New Ross.	10.04.1886 Rathdrum district, Co. Wicklow, Ireland - 19.02.1944 [Rathgarogue Catholic Churchyard, Co. Wexford, Ireland]	A/Sgt.Maj. ? 2nd Lt. 23.04.1916 Capt. ? A/Maj. ? F/Lt. ? (retd 01.06.1926; granted permission to retain rank of Sq.Ldr.) F/Lt. 01.09.1939, seniority 06.07.1938 [02199] (T) Sq.Ldr. 01.12.1941 OBE (03.06.1919, Egypt), MM, MID (10.1914, 30.11.1916, 01.1919, 06.1919)	Gained aviator's certificate (No. 1071) taken on an Avro Biplane, Royal Flying Corps, Netheravon), 29.01.1915. 23.04.1916     commissioned, Royal Dublin Fusiliers (from Royal Flying Corps, and to be seconded for duty with RFC) 10.1916     Equipment Officer, 3rd class 26.03.1917     Equipment Officer, 2nd class (T/Lt.) 22.11.1917     Equipment Officer, 1st class (T/Capt.) 01.09.1918     Technical Branch (A/Maj.) ? - 01.12.1922 Boys' Wing, Cranwell 01.12.1922     School of Technical Training (Men) (Inland Training) (supernumerary) 05.05.1923     Mechanical Transport Workshops and Pool, Palestine 31.12.1925     RAF Depot (on transfer to Home Establishment) 01.09.1939     commissioned, RAFVR (Administrative and Special Duties Branch) (for special duties) [emergency commission]
Keel, Poul Ulrik [Axel] Son of managing director, engineer Hans Oluf Keel, and Hilma Olivia Mathilde Victoria Hansen.	23.02.1912 Copenhagen, Denmark - 04.06.1944 Oxford, Oxfordshire [Golders Green Crematorium, Middlesex, panel 2]	Sgt. ? [776090] P/O (prob) 02.04.1941 [101474] (WS) F/O 02.04.1942 (WS) F/Lt. 02.04.1943	served Kenya Regiment (under personal number 1329) 02.04.1941     commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission] 08.12.1941 - 16.08.1943 pilot, 45 Squadron RAF (North Africa) ? - 04.06.1944 instructor, 16 Operational Training Unit [Aircraft Wellington BK470 failed to become properly airborne after start at 03:42 hrs from airfield Barford St John and crashed near Lovell's Farm. F/Lt. Keel was killed, two others were injured.]
Keil, Hector	? - 16.12.1942 [Malta Memorial, panel 2, column 2]	Sgt. ? [778247] P/O (prob) 21.03.1942 [80279] (WS) F/O 01.10.1942	Education: King Edward VII School, Johannesburg. 21.03.1942     commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission] ? - ? 134 Squadron RAF ? - 16.12.1942 93 Squadron RAF (flew Spitfire Mk. VC)
Kennedy, Patrick William "Pat" Son of William Henry and Mary Josephine Kennedy, of Salisbury, Southern Rhodesia.	19.04.1924 - 10.04.1945 (KIA) [age 20] [Berlin 1939-1945 War Cemetery, 13.J.1]	Ldg.Acm. ? [710138] P/O (prob) 05.06.1943 [160043] (WS) F/O 05.12.1943	05.06.1943     commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission] ? - 10.04.1945 pilot, 44 (Rhodesia) Squadron RAF [his Lancaster III [ND631 / KM-B] took off 18.31 hrs from Spilbsy to attack the Wahren railway yards; the plane was shot down over Leipzig, with only one crew member surviving; Kennedy had flown 29 sorties when he was killed]
Kenny, John Henry Only son of George Frederick Ernest Kenny, and Frances Charlotte Permain, of Eastbourne, Sussex.	19.05.1914 Southampton district, Hampshire - 07.08.1944 Huntingdon district, Huntingdonshire [Southampton (Hollybrook) Cemetery, Hampshire, K.3.178]	(T) Sgt. ? [1187932] P/O (prob) 01.06.1941 [67700] (WS) F/O 01.06.1942 (A) F/Lt. 1943? (WS) F/Lt. 01.06.1943 DFC 11.06.1943 ? DFC 13.10.1944 with effect from 06.08.1944	Insurance official. 01.06.1941     commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission] mid 1942     10/227 Squadron RAF (Africa) ? - 01.1943 462 Squadron RAF (Africa)  ? - 07.08.1944 139 Squadron RAF (Pathfinders) (Bar to DFC) [Mosquito XX KB202 (XD-?)]. Taking off at 22:15 hrs 06.08.1944 from RAF Upwood, Huntingdonshire to bomb the synthetic oil production works at Castrop-Rauxel, near Dortmund. 40 Mosquitoes taking part on this operation. After returning from the operation whilst attempting to land in heavy fog at their home base they overshot, crashing into a house with the aircraft catching fire. Tragically two other crew members from 156 squadron, who had also just returned from an operation, also lost their lives.]
Kenny, William	? - ?	(A) P/O (prob) 18.07.1941 [102235] (WS) F/O ?	? - 07.1941 No. 72 Course, Officers' School RAF 18.07.1941     commissioned, RAFVR (Equipment Branch) [emergency commission]
Kenworthy, Robert Jay Son of Charles Henry Harold Kenworthy (1886-), and Edith Elizabeth Michell (1887-). Married ((06?).1940, Godstone district, Surrey) Amy Irene "Rene" Hewitt (26.12.1915 - 07.02.2008); two sons, one daughter.	26.01.1911 Caterham, Godstone district, Surrey - 20.01.1985 South East Hampshire	Acm. 2nd cl. 06.03.1929 (reld 04.02.1935) 06.09.1939 (A) P/O (prob) 12.04.1940 [78751] P/O (prob) 01.06.1940 P/O 12.04.1941 (WS) F/O 01.06.1941 (reld 03.03.1947) (last day of service 08.05.1947) (Emgcy List; reld 26.01.1956; retaining rank of F/Lt.) (A) F/Lt. 26.04.1943 (T) F/Lt. 01.01.1944 (A) Sq.Ldr. 26.11.1943-15.05.1944 39|45 St - - AirCrEur St - - Def M - - WM 39|45 - -	06.03.1929     enlisted as Aircrafthand - Wireless Operator (Training Depot Squadron) 03.07.1929     23 (Fighter) Squadron RAF 08.03.1930     Wireless School RAF (31.10.1930 Aircrafthand - General Duties) 1930?     School of Storekeeping RAF (17.11.1931 Aircrafthand - Storekeeper) 17.11.1931     Armament and Gunnery School RAF 04.02.1932     School of Storekeeping RAF (08.04.1932 Storekeeper) 19.04.1932     Station HQ RAF Kenley 01.06.1932     32 Squadron RAF (22.06-25.06.1932 attached RAF Hendon, 22.08-10.09.1932 attached RAF Kenley) 08.02.1933     posted to Iraq 09.03.1933     84 Squadron RAF (12-27.05.1933, 04.09-05.10.1933 & 28.04-05?.1934 admitted to General Hospital) 10.07.1934     Home Establishment RAF 20.07.1934     RAF Depot North East (20.07-31.08.1934 & 02-05.10.1934 admitted to Hospital Halton) 11.10.1934 - 04.02.1935 41 (Fighter) Squadron RAF (16.01-04.02.1935 admitted to Hospital Halton) 06.09.1939     enlisted as Aircrafthand - Aircrew (No. 1 Deport RAF (Uxbridge)) 1939/40?     No. 5 Bombing and Gunnery School RAF 12.04.1940     commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission] (RAF Station Loughborough) 06.05.1940     No. 9 Bombing and Gunnery School RAF 01.06.1940     248 Squadron RAF 13.01.1941     No. 10 (Signals) Recruits Centre RAF 25.03.1941     No. 1 Signals School RAF 14.07.1941     608 Squadron RAF (14.08-10.09.1941 attached Chentral Gunnery School) 25.02.1942     2 Operational Training Unit RAF 16.06.1942     transferred, RAFVR (Administrative and Special Duties Branch) 07.08.1942     HQ 17 Group RAF 09.08.1942     9 Operational Training Unit RAF 16.09.1943     No. 2 Personnel Despatch Centre RAF 22.09.1943     32 Operational Training Unit RAF 15.10.1943     31 Operational Training Unit RAF 30.05.1944     Personnel Holding Unit RAF 29.01.1945     132 Operational Training Unit RAF 18.02.1945     4 Operational Training Unit RAF 11.06.1945     RAF Alness 17.12.1946     RAF Kinloss 03.03.1947     No. 101 Personnel Despatch Centre RAF
Keyes, Frank Stanley	28.10.1906 - 02.12.1984	Sgt. ? [940607] P/O (prob) 19.12.1943 [162798] (WS) F/O 19.06.1944 (Emgcy List) (reld 10.02.1954; retaining rank of F/Lt.)	19.12.1943     commissioned, RAFVR (Equipment Branch) [emergency commission]
Khan, Mohammad Ahmad Son of Nawab Nasir Nawaz-ud-Dowlah Bahadur, and Fazlul Nisa Begum, of Nasir Manzil, Hyderabad-Deccan, India.	1918 ? - 10.02.1943 (killed on active service) [age 24] [Brookwood Cemetery, Surrey, Muhammadan Sec., Grave 205298]	Ldg.Acm. ? [1388448] P/O (prob) 07.03.1942 [118097] (WS) F/O (prob) 01.10.1942	MRCAeE. 07.03.1942     commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission] ? - 10.02.1943 pilot, 141 Squadron RAF [Killed, with two others, while flying Beaufighter IF, R2248.]
Kidley, Alick Gordon	23.06.1902 - (03?).1982	P/O (prob) 18.07.1941 [101682] (WS) F/O ?	? - 07.1941 No. 72 Course, Officers' School RAF 18.07.1941     commissioned, RAFVR (Administrative and Special Duties Branch) [emergency commission]
Kilburn, Geoffrey Alan Son of John Harry Kilburn (1880-1959), pork butcher, and Sarah Ann Lumb (1879-1963). Married (04.06.1932, St Helen, Sandal Magna, Wakefield district, West Riding of Yorkshire) Esmé Idaleen Webber (03.07.1910 - 05.2000), daughter of Hubert John Webber (1882-1959), engineer, and Ida Charlotte Fryer (1881-1960); three sons, one daughter.	12.08.1907 Wakefield, West Riding of Yorkshire - 28.03.1973 Westborough, Scarborough, North Riding of Yorkshire	P/O (prob) 12.08.1940 [83442] (WS) F/Lt. 12.08.1941 (T) F/Lt. 01.09.1942 (T) F/Lt. recalled (04.02.1947?), seniority 19.12.1942 (reld 26.01.1953; on enlistment in the Royal Australian Air Force) 39|45 St - - Atl St - - Afr St - - Def M - - WM 39|45 - -	Education: HMS Conway (1922-23). Served as an officer in the Merchant Navy. In 1939 occupation given as mechanic (ICE), speedboat pilot, racing driver. 12.08.1940     commissioned, RAFVR (Administrative and Special Duties Branch) (Special Duties (Marine Craft)) [emergency commission]
Kinchin, Ernest William "Ernie" / "Kinch" Son of William Kinchin (1892-), and Emily Kate Middleton (1892-). Married (20.06.1942, Kings Norton, Birmingham district, Warwickshire) Cecile Joyce "Joy" Foweraker ((06?).1921 - ), daughter of Cecil William Foweraker (1893-1958), and Gladys Nellie Evans (1897-1957). Joy Kinchin re-married (15.02.1947, Birmingham district, Warwickshire) Douglas W. Rooke.	23.03.1918 51 Stanhope Street, Birmingham St Martin’s district, Warwickshire - 21.04.1944 (KIA) [age 26] [Amersfoort (Oud Leusden) General Cemetery, the Netherlands, 13.9.183]	Ldg.Acm. ? [1163142] P/O (prob) 18.01.1941, seniority 22.12.1940 [60132] (WS) F/O 18.01.1942, seniority 22.12.1941 (A) F/Lt. (1942) (WS) F/Lt. 18.01.1943, seniority 22.12.1942 (A) Sq.Ldr. 1943? MID 11.06.1942 ?	18.01.1941     commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission] (01.1944) - 21.04.1944 pilot, 239 Squadron RAF (West Raynham, Norfolk) 21.01.1944     Patrol North Frisian Islands covering Magdeburg Raid. 15.02.1944     Serrate patrol covering Berlin raid. A brief Serrate was seen on homeward journey in Bremen area. 24.02.1944     Serrate patrol Schweinfurt area. Starboard oil pressure and oil temperature rising when getting near target area. Turned back without completing patrol. 03.03.1944     Serrate patrol Meulan [Paris area]. Uneventful patrol. 22.03.1944     Serrate patrol Frankfurt. Claimed one Me.110 destroyed. 20.04.1944 - 21.04.1944 His de Havilland Mosquito NF.Mk.II HJ644 had taken off at 22:00 hrs 20.04.1944 for a Serrate (radar supported) patrol of the Olligmes / Lens /Paris area (France), and crashed en route at Kruishaar, 4 km SE of Nijkerk (Gelderland), the Netherlands, killing both crew members Sq.Ldr. E.W. Kinchin, RAFVR & F/Lt. D. Sellors, RAF. The Squadron's Operations Record Book contained the following entry: "Up 2200 Down --. Aircraft failed to return. The only news received was picked up at 0220 hours by COLTIHALL, a very weak transmission “We are OK now” which was too faint to enable a fix to be made. Nothing further was heard."
King, Arthur Frank Son of Col. H. King. Married (09.1944) Section Officer Mary Meacham Barnish, WAAF; three sons.	02.04.1907 Preston, Lancashire - 20.03.1993 Cape Town, South Africa	Sgt. ? [1067023] P/O (prob) 19.09.1941, seniority 28.07.1941 [105149] (WS) F/O (prob) 01.10.1942, seniority 28.09.1942 (reld 12.12.1944; ill-health; retaining rank of F/Lt.) (T) F/Lt. ?	Education: Hele's, Exeter, Devon. 19.09.1941     commissioned, RAFVR (Administrative and Special Duties Branch) [emergency commission]       served Fighter Command Emigrated to South Africa, 01.1947. Coy. Dir. Dir. Mechanised Methods Cape (Pty.) Ltd.
King, Clifford John Son of John William King (1882-), and Ada Frances Woollon (1888-1973). Married ...; ... children (one son?).	11.11.1920 Hackney district, London - 06.2000 North Dorset district, Dorset	Wt.Offr. ? [1390868] P/O (prob) 01.03.1945 [195186] (WS) F/O 04.09.1945 DFC 20.07.1945 ?	1943     72 Squadron RAF (Magrun, Gardabia, Castel Benito, Kairouan Temmar) 1944 - 1945 109 Squadron RAF (Little Staughton) (DFC) 01.03.1945     commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission] 1945 - 1946 162 Squadron RAF (Blackbushe)
King, Edwin Albert	? -	F/Sgt. ? [742546] P/O (prob) 02.03.1942 [117785] (WS) F/O 01.10.1942 (WS) F/Lt. 02.03.1944	02.03.1942 commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission] served with 602 Squadron RAF for only a few months, before he went onto night fighter duties
King, Geoffrey Bernard Herbert Son (with one brother) of Herbert James King, OBE (1887-1976), and Gertrude Carney (1891-1952), of Enfield, Middlesex.	18.08.1921 Edmonton district, Oxfordshire - 22.11.1942 (KIA) [age 21] [Abbeville Communal Cemetery Extension, plot 6, row J, grave 11]	Sgt. ? [1291372] P/O (prob) 06.12.1941 [115277] (WS) F/O (prob) 01.10.1942	05.10.1940     enlisted, No. 1 Recruit Centre RAF (Uxbridge, Middlesex) 11.01.1941 - 12.06.1941 6th Initial Training Wing RAF (Aberystwyth, Cardiganshire, Wales) 13.06.1941 - 16.06.1941 Primary Training Centre RAF, Toronto, Canada 17.06.1941 - 04.12.1941 No. 1 British Flying Training School RAF (Terrell, Texas, USA) (qualified as pilot 04.12.1941) 06.12.1941     commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission] 08.12.1941 - 23.12.1941 on transport from Halifax, Nova Scotia to Liverpool with Convoy H164 26.12.1941 - 25.01.1942 No. 3 Personnel Reception Centre RAF (Bournemouth, Hampshire) 26.01.1942 - 22.02.1942 No. 12 Service Flying Training School RAF (Grantham, Lincolnshire) 23.02.1942 - 02.03.1942 1516 Beam Approach Training Flight RAF (Middleton St George, Durham) 03.03.1942 - 09.07.1942 19 Operational Training Unit RAF (Kinloss, Moray, Scotland) 10.07.1942 - 22.11.1942 102 Squadron RAF (Topcliffe, later Pocklington, Yorkshire) [Halifax II (W7914 DY-A) took off 17:32 hrs for an operation over Stuttgart. The aircraft crashed at Hangest-sur-Somme (Pas de Calais). Eye witnesses say the pilot was trying to make a controlled landing, but flew into a high bank of earth. Complete crew of seven was killed.]
King, John Hall Son of Leslie King. Married (24.06.1940) Hon. Heather Grace Baden-Powell, daughter of 1st Baron Baden-Powell; two sons.	04.11.1913 - 01.2004 North Cotswolds district, Gloucestershire	(A) P/O (prob) 06.09.1940 [85482] P/O (prob) 25.11.1940 P/O 25.11.1941 (WS) F/O 25.11.1941 (T) F/Lt. 01.01.1943 (WS) F/Lt. 01.02.1947 F/Lt. 15.01.1948 Sq.Ldr. 01.07.1951 W/Cdr. 01.07.1958 (retd 13.04.1967)	Education: BA 06.09.1940 commissioned, RAFVR (Equipment Branch) [emergency commission] 15.01.1948 permanent commission, RAF
King, Robert Paul "Reg" Son of ... King, and ... Newbery. Married ((09?).1943, Peterborough district, Northamptonshire) Gertrude "Trudy" Christian; ... children (one son?).	25.01.1923 Portsmouth district, Hampshire - 10.2013 living in Western Australia	F/Sgt. ? [1537740] P/O (prob) 28.10.1943 [161074] (WS) F/O 28.04.1944 (WS) F/Lt. 28.10.1945 (reld 18.09.1946)	07.1941     enlisted, RAFVR 28.10.1943     commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission]       Flight Instructor, Peterborough and Leicestershire
Kingdon, Frederick Ernest Son (with two brothers and three sisters) of Frank Stanley Kingdon (1886-1966), and Daisy Matilda Ward (1886-1968). Brother of Lt. Albert Thomas Victor Kingon, DSC, RNVR. Married ((09?).1939, Edmonton district, Middlesex) Beatrice Lavinia Ruddell ((03?).1913 - 14.12.2011), daughter of Augustus Ruddell (1884-1965), and Elizabeth Sarah Ann Wakeling (1883-1939); three daughters, one son.	03.04.1912 Willesden, Middlesex - 06?.06.2003 Taunton, South Somerset district, Somerset	Ldg.Acm. ? [1196656] (A) P/O (prob) 31.12.1941, seniority 29.08.1941 [112328] P/O (prob) 04.03.1942 (WS) F/O 12.09.1942 (Emgcy List) (reld 03.04.1957; retaining rank of F/Lt.)	31.12.1941     commissioned, RAFVR (Accountant Branch) [emergency commission] Banker.
Kinsey, Raymond John Son of Roland Henry Kinsey (1883-1964), and Ethel Mary Day (1882-1925). Brother of Capt. (S) Gordon Roland Kinsey, RNR, and of Second Officer Betty Elaine Kinsey, WRNS. Married ((09?).1935, Kensington district, London) Winifred Brown; ... children (one son?).	03.02.1911 Winscombe, Axbridge district, Somerset - 11.1997 Mayfield, Uckfield district, East Sussex	(A) P/O (prob) 28.02.1941 [61443] P/O (prob) 16.05.1941 P/O 28.02.1942 (WS) F/O 16.05.1942 (T) F/Lt. 01.01.1944, seniority 01.07.1943 (WS) F/Lt. ? (emgcy) (retd 03.02.1956; retaining rank of Sq.Ldr.) MID 01.01.1945 ?	28.02.1941     commissioned, RAFVR (Equipment Branch) [emergency commission]
Kirkham, Bertram Arnold Son of Edith Irene Tate Kirkham (1875-1933).	21.06.1914 Savanna-La-Mar Westmoreland, Jamaica - 05.11.1942 [El Alamein War Cemetery, Egypt, coll. grave III. C. 18-21]	(T) F/Sgt. ? [1255454] P/O (prob) 11.01.1942 [116908] (WS) F/O (prob) 01.10.1942	11.01.1942     commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission] ? - 05.11.1942 223 Squadron RAF
Kirkus, Colin Fletcher Elder son of Cecil Gurth Kirkus (1878-1961), and Muriel Eliza Price (1885-1970), of Heswall Hills, Cheshire. His younger brother Sgt. Nigel Miller Kirkus was killed on operations to Heligoland while flying with 144 Sqdn Hampdens. Married ((06?).1940, Wirral district, Cheshire) Gertrude Eileen Foster, of Heswall, elder daughter of Mr & Mrs G.T. Foster, of Overdee, Heswall, Cheshire. She remarried (17.05.1945, St George's Presbytarian Church, Brondesbury, London NW) Edgar Paul Greenwood (1902-1989).	19.06.1910 West Derby district, Lancashire - 14.09.1942 (MPK) [age 32] [Runnymede Memorial, panel 70]	Sgt. ? [1109511] P/O (prob) 15.06.1942 [127522]	One of the best known British rock climbers between the two World Wars. Surveyor & photographer of the Gangotri Glacier Expedition (Himalayas), 1933. 15.06.1942     commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission] ? - 14.09.1942 navigator/bomb aimer, 156 Squadron RAF [Wellington BJ789 GT-? went missing after a raid on Bremen. Airborne 22:50 hrs 13.09.1942 from Warboys. Lost without trace. It was about his 25th operation.] Published: Let's go climbing! (1941). Literature: Steve Dean, Hands of a climber : a life of Colin Kirkus (1993).
Kissack, Charles Douglas Son of Charles Kissack, and Eliza Katherine Kewley. Married ((09?).1928, St George Hanover Square district, London) Isobel Gillespie.	04.02.1898 Isle of Man - (09?).1971 Maidenhead district, London	P/O (prob) 09.09.1939 [73884] P/O 09.09.1940 (WS) F/Lt. 21.03.1941, seniority 11.12.1939 (T) Sq.Ldr. 01.03.1942 (last day of service 21.09.1945; reld 10.02.1954)	09.09.1939 commissioned, RAFVR (Administrative and Special Duties Branch) (for special duties) [emergency commission]
Knell, Albert John "Bertie" Son of Albert Thomas H. Knell, and Louisa Sarah Newson, of Sevenoaks, Kent.	(12?).1921 Sevenoaks, Kent - 12.08.1942 (MPK) [age 21] [Runnymede Memorial, panel 70]	Ldg.Acm. ? [13855939] P/O (prob) 03.01.1942 [115281]	03.01.1942 commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission] ? - 12.08.1942 57 Squadron RAF [Wellington Z1656 DX-? was airborne 22.55 hrs 11.08.1942 from Feltwell for an operation against Mainz; aircraft crashed in the North Sea near the Dutch Frisian Islands, killing all crew members]
Knight, Harold Son (with two sisters and one brother) of Matthew Knight (1877-1956), and Pleasance Lois Loveless (1885-1961), of Church Stretton, Shropshire.	(03?).1916 Solihull, Warwickshire - 30.11.1941 (MPK) [age 25] [Runnymede Memorial, panel 33]	Ldg.Acm. ? [1154254] P/O (prob) 24.04.1941 [65538]	24.04.1941     commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission] ? - 30.11.1941 58 Squadron RAF [Whitley V Z6507 GE-X was airborne 16.55 hrs from Linton-on-Ouse for an operation against Hamburg; aircraft was lost without trace with aircrew of five]
Knight, William David Winfield Son (with two sisters) of William Arthur Knight, and Lucy Winfield. Married ((06?).1939, Surrey North Eastern district) Joan Kelsall (30.11.1916 - 02.10.1993), daughter (with one sister) of Geoffrey Kelsall, and Marjorie Pheasey; two sons.	30.12.1912 - 04.03.1984 Jersey, Channel Islands	Ldg.Acm. ? [1162138] P/O (prob) 03.07.1941 [100088] (WS) F/O (prob) 27.02.1942 (WS) F/O 03.07.1942 (WS) F/Lt. 27.02.1943 (Emgcy List) (reld 30.12.1957; retaining rank of Sq.Ldr.) (A) Sq.Ldr. (1944) AFC 03.04.1945 ? MID 08.06.1944 ?	Education: Dulwich College (1926-1930; Drake (athletic house)). 03.07.1941     commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission] (1945)     19 Operational Training Unit RAF (AFC)
Knill, John Alfred "Jack" Son of John W. Knill, and Elizabeth Billson. Married ((06?).1939, Liverpool district, Lancashire) Violet Helen Lonsdale (10.08.1916 - 12.1991); ... children (two daughters, two sons?).	06.02.1907 Percy Main, Tynemouth district, Northumberland - 05.1959 Liverpool South district, Lancashire	Ldg.Acm. ? [965122] P/O (prob) 03.02.1944 [170680] (WS) F/O 03.08.1944 (Emgcy List) (reld 10.02.1954; retaining rank of F/O)	03.02.1944     commissioned, RAFVR (Administrative and Special Duties Branch) (for administrative and miscellaneous duties) [emergency commission] His daughter writes: "Served at RAF Duxford and in India 1943-1945."
Knott, Charles Edgar "Ken" Son of Charles E. Knott (1897-) & Ethel Knott (1897-). Married ((12?).1944, Devizes district, Wiltshire)Marjorie June Marshall; ... children (one son?).	18.10.1921 - 21.11.1966 Mickle Trafford, Cheshire	F/Sgt. ? [1040297] P/O (prob) 21.10.1943 [161728] (WS) F/O 21.04.1944 (WS) F/Lt. 21.10.1945 (reld 18.04.1948; retaining rank of F/Lt.)	21.10.1943     commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission]
Knowles, William Son of William and Maria Rebelo Knowles, of Carcarelos, Portugal.	1917 ? - 30.03.1945 (KIA) [age 28] [Skien Civil Cemetery, Norway, joint grave M.10.10]	Sgt. ? [1259468] P/O (prob) 20.03.1941 [102061] (WS) F/O 20.03.1942 (WS) F/Lt. 20.03.1943 DFC 09.07.1943 ?	20.03.1941     commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission] (1943)     pilot, 220 Squadron RAF (DFC) ? - 30.03.1945 pilot, 235 Squadron RAF * * Facilities used by the Germans at Porsgrunn along with shipping along side the quay were attacked by twenty four rocket firing Mosquito’s and another eight Mosquito’s who were providing air cover and fire suppression, from 143, 235, 248, and 333 squadrons. Buildings used by the Germans were badly damaged, while one German Merchant Vessel was sunk and four Norwegian Vessels were sunk. The German vessel was the Scharnhorn of 2643 tons, with the Norwegian vessels being the QUDRID BORGSTAD of 1664 tons, SVANEFJELL of 1371 tons, GUDRID of1305 tons and the TORAFIRE of 823 tons, of these Merchant ships three of them were holed by over 120 rocket projectiles. During this ultra low level attack, Mosquito "T" of 235 squadron was seen to be on fire and crashed into a wood west of Borgass. It is believed that the aircraft struck high-tension cables whilst diving on the target. Both crewmembers, Flight Lieutenant W. Knowles and Flight Sergeant L. Thomas, are buried in Northern Cemetery, Skien. Information from Flight Lieutenant John Milsom 2005: My 35mm wing camera recorded the explosion of A/c T-235 when it hit the ground. The pilot, Fl/Lt W. Knowles, had the presence of mind and concern for those following him into the attack to warn on VHF the existence of the high tension line on shore from the harbour before hitting the ground - probably saving lives.
Kramer, Abraham Married ((03?).1934, Hendon district, Middlesex) Dorothy Davis.	13.09.1908 Mile End Old Town district, London - 21.02.1996 Westminster, London	(A) P/O (prob) 17.10.1941 [109638] P/O (prob) 17.12.1941 (WS) F/O (prob) 01.10.1942 (WS) F/Lt. 01.03.1945 (emgcy list) (retd 10.02.1954; retaining rank of Sq.Ldr.) (T) Sq.Ldr. ?	Education: LL.B. 17.10.1941 commissioned, RAFVR (Administrative and Special Duties Branch) [emergency commission] Solicitor.

A  B  C  D  E  F  G  H  I  J  K  L  M  N  O  P  Q  R  S  T  U  V  W  X  Y  Z