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<blockquote data-quote="John Robertson" data-source="post: 19652" data-attributes="member: 1"><p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>SURNAME</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Kinnear </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>FORENAME</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>John </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>UNIT</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>617 Squadron,R.A.F. </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>RANK</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Sergeant </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>NUMBER</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>635123 </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>DATE OF DEATH</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>17th May 1943 </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>AGE</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>21 </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>GRAVESITE</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Reichswald Forest War Cemetery,Germany 21.D.14 </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>ADDITIONAL INFORMATION</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>born 1922 Fife</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>son of William and Helen Kinnear,East Newport,Fife</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>garage hand in civilian life</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>RAF 1939</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>RAF Driffield 20.2.1939</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>RAF Cardington 29.6.1939</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>RAF St Athan 7.7.1939</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>8 FTS 12.1.1940</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>2 STT 14.11.1940</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>55 OC 15.1.1941</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>55 OTU</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>4 STT 1.8.1942</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>1654 CU 12.10.1942</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>617 Squadron 25.3.1943</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>flight engineer</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Lancaster ED864</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Op.Chastise (Mohne Dam)</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>flew into high tension cables and crashed 0015 hours near Marbeck,Germany </em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em><a href="https://www.specialforcesroh.com/index.php?media/j-kinnear.18512/" target="_blank"><img src="https://www.specialforcesroh.com/data/xfmg/thumbnail/18/18512-b27bd6f3bb6dd2b1565a6a8fa4c94623.jpg?1591400281" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="width: 300px; height: 300px" /></a> <a href="https://www.specialforcesroh.com/index.php?media/j-kinnear.8275/" target="_blank"><img src="https://www.specialforcesroh.com/data/xfmg/thumbnail/8/8275-3b339f6b81db1d6e9e1c78f00d58407f.jpg?1591389238" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="width: 300px; height: 300px" /></a></em></p></blockquote><p></p>
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