Partington, Kenneth Sydney

Killed in Flying Accident 1961-07-06

Birth Date: 1933-May-23

Born: North Battleford, Saskatchewan

Son of Sydney C. and Catherine Partington. Brother of Brodie, Stewart, Neale Partington.

Home: North Battleford, Saskatchewan

Enlistment: Saskatoon, Saskatchewan

Enlistment Date: 1957-07-05

Service

RCAF

Unit

445 Sqn- Squadron

Base

Rank

Flying Officer

Position

Flying Officer

Service Numbers

138577

Home
Google MapNorth Battleford, Saskatchewan
First Burial
Google MapCholoy War Cemetery, Choloy, Meurthe-Et-Moselle, France
Flying Officer H. Thiessen also killed.

Canadian Virtual War Memorial

Library and Archives Canada Service Files (may not exist)

Canuck 18338

Flying Officer Partington, Kenneth Sydney (RCAF)

Killed in Flying Accident
1961-July-06
Choloy War Cemetery, Meurthe-Etmoselle, France

Avro Canada CF-100 Canuck Clunk

(RCAF Photo) Avro CF-100 Canuck Mk. 4B (Serial No. 18330), and (Serial No. 18364), No. 423 Squadron, based at No. 2 (F) Wing, RCAF Station Grostenquin, France, 9 Oct 1962.
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The Avro Canada CF-100 Canuck (affectionately known as the "Clunk") was a Canadian jet interceptor/fighter in service during the Cold War both in NATO bases in Europe and as part of NORAD. The CF-100 was the only Canadian-designed fighter to enter mass production, serving primarily with the RCAF and the Canadian Armed Forces, and also in small numbers in Belgium. For its day, the CF-100 featured a short takeoff run and high climb rate, making it well suited to its role as an interceptor.

Production consisted of 5 pre-production CF-100 Mk. 2 aircraft, 74 machine gun armed CF-100 Mk. 3 aircraft, 280 CF-100 Mk. 4 aircraft armed with both machine guns and rocket pods, and 331 CF-100 Mk. 5 aircraft armed only with rocket pods.Harold Skaarup web page




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