Birth Date: 1922-September-21
Born: Cranbrook, Huron County, Ontario, Canada
Parents: Son of the Reverend Thomas Elmer Kennedy and Anna Lovette (nee Ballantyne) Kennedy, of Southampton
Spouse: Husband of Pauline Demarus (nee Bishop) Kennedy, of Norwich, Ontario
Home: Southampton, Ontario
Enlistment: London, Ontario
Enlistment Date: 1941-March-13
Service
RCAF
Unit
6 (OT) BGS- Bombing & Gunnery School
Base
Mountain View, Ontario, Canada
Rank
Flying Officer
Position
Pilot
Service Numbers
J/9401
Southampton, Ontario
Flying Officer Kennedy was BROTHER of Flight Lieutenant J B Kennedy (RCAF), missing, presumed killed in action on 406 RCAF Squadron Mosquito NF30 aircraft NT 495 HU-C that was lost without a trace during a night INTRUDER operation over Altenburg, Germany, 1945-04-05
Flight Lieutenant Kennedy is commemorated on the Runnymede War Memorial
This accident involved 1 aircraft on 1944-February-24. Bolingbroke IVT s/n 10241.
This accident involved 5 people. Kennedy WE, Sangster DW, Watt RH, Wright HH, Wright NAT
This accident had 5 fatalities. Leading Aircraftman Richard Howard Watt RAFVR Killed in Flying Accident service no:1580279 Bolingbroke 10241, Leading Aircraftman Norman Alistair Tulloch Wright RAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:989722 Bolingbroke 10241, Sergeant Donald William Sangster RCAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:R/209965 Bolingbroke 10241, Sergeant Herbert Huson Wright RCAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:R/114488 Bolingbroke 10241, Flying Officer William Elmer Kennedy RCAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:J/9401 Bolingbroke 10241
6 Bombing and Gunnery School, Mountain View, Ontario. Bolingbroke aircraft 10241 was returning from a gunnery exercise when it entered an out of control spin. The Bolinbroke crashed and burned at Melville, Ontario
Sergeant DM Sangster (RCAF), Sergeant H H Wright (RCAF), Flying Officer W E Kennedy (RCAF), Leading Aircraftman R H Watt (RAFVR) and Leading aircraftman N A T Wright (RAFVR) were all killed in this training flying accident
6 Bombing and Gunnery School, Mountain View, Ontario. Bolingbroke aircraft 10241 was returning from a gunnery exercise when it entered an out of control spin. The Bolinbroke crashed and burned at Melville, Ontario
Sergeant DM Sangster (RCAF), Sergeant H H Wright (RCAF), Flying Officer W E Kennedy (RCAF), Leading Aircraftman R H Watt (RAFVR) and Leading aircraftman N A T Wright (RAFVR) were all killed in this training flying accident
Canadian Virtual War Memorial
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Finadagrave.com
Library and Archives Canada Service Files (may not exist)
Royal Air Force Serial and Image Database
RCAF.info - RCAF Station Mountainview Ontario
YouTube - Valour Canada Aerodrome of Democracy