Harker, Kenneth Alvin Michael (Sergeant)

Killed in Action 1943-April-22

Sergeant Kenneth Alvin Michael Harker RCAF

Birth Date: 1918-May-17

Born: Parry Sound, Ontario

Parents: Son of Michael H. and Emma J. Harker, of Millbrook, Ontario.

Spouse:

Home: Millbrook, Ontario

Enlistment: Galt, Ontario

Enlistment Date: 1940-August-28

Service

RCAF

Unit

190 (CS) Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
Ex Tenebris Through darkness

Base

RAF Sullom Voe, Shetland Islands, Scotland

Rank

Sergeant

Position

Flight Engineer

Service Numbers

R/70168

Home
Google MapMillbrook, Ontario
Final Burial
Google MapTórshavn, Nýggi Kirkjugarður
Grave 186
190 Squadron. Catalina aircraft FP 269 was on an anti-sub patrol over the North Sea when the tail broke off as the aircraft went into a dive. The aircraft crashed at Thorshavn. Pilot Officer Melvin J. McDonald, Sergeant J.N. Finlayson, Warrant Officer P. Illingworth, FSs T.C. Mulligan, D.S. Beare, A.E. Hayden (RAF), Sergeants G.S. McCutcheon (RAF), and D.W. Sommerville (RAF) were also killed.

Canada Source Canadian Virtual War Memorial

Commonwealth War Grave Commission Commonwealth War Graves Commission

Find-A-Grave Finadagrave.com

Canada Primary Source Library and Archives Canada Service Files (may not exist)

Crew or Other Personnel

Canso FP269

Flight Sergeant Donald Sylvester Beare RCAF

Flight Sergeant Beare, Donald Sylvester (RCAF)
Navigator
Killed in Action
1943-April-22
Nýggi Kirkjugarður, Velbastaðvegur, Tórshavn 100, Faroe Islands, Denmark

Flight Sergeant John Norman Gilbert Finlayson RCAF

Flight Sergeant Finlayson, John Norman Gilbert (RCAF)
Pilot
Killed in Action
1943-April-22
Nýggi Kirkjugarður, Velbastaðvegur, Tórshavn 100, Faroe Islands, Denmark

Sergeant Kenneth Alvin Michael Harker RCAF

Sergeant Harker, Kenneth Alvin Michael (RCAF)
Flight Engineer
Killed in Action
1943-April-22
Nýggi Kirkjugarður, Velbastaðvegur, Tórshavn 100, Faroe Islands, Denmark

Warrant Officer 2 Philip Illingworth RCAF

Warrant Officer 2 Illingworth, Philip (RCAF)
Wireless Air Gunner
Killed in Action
1943-April-22
Nýggi Kirkjugarður, Velbastaðvegur, Tórshavn 100, Faroe Islands, Denmark

Pilot Officer Melvin Joseph McDonald RCAF

Pilot Officer McDonald, Melvin Joseph (RCAF)
Pilot
Killed in Action
1943-April-22
Nýggi Kirkjugarður, Velbastaðvegur, Tórshavn 100, Faroe Islands, Denmark

Flight Sergeant Thomas Cecil Mulligan RCAF

Flight Sergeant Mulligan, Thomas Cecil (RCAF)
Wireless Air Gunner
Killed in Action
1943-April-22
Nýggi Kirkjugarður, Velbastaðvegur, Tórshavn 100, Faroe Islands, Denmark