- 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
DATE OF DEATH:
17-May-1943
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