DAMBUSTERS Kinnear, John

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

Kinnear ​

• FORENAME

John ​

• UNIT

617 Squadron,R.A.F. ​

• RANK

Sergeant ​

• NUMBER

635123 ​

• DATE OF DEATH

17th May 1943 ​

• AGE

21 ​

• GRAVESITE

Reichswald Forest War Cemetery,Germany 21.D.14 ​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

born 1922 Fife​

son of William and Helen Kinnear,East Newport,Fife​

garage hand in civilian life​

RAF 1939​

RAF Driffield 20.2.1939​

RAF Cardington 29.6.1939​

RAF St Athan 7.7.1939​

8 FTS 12.1.1940​

2 STT 14.11.1940​

55 OC 15.1.1941​

55 OTU​

4 STT 1.8.1942​

1654 CU 12.10.1942​

617 Squadron 25.3.1943​

flight engineer​

Lancaster ED864​

Op.Chastise (Mohne Dam)​

flew into high tension cables and crashed 0015 hours near Marbeck,Germany ​

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