McKeown, Kenneth Creighton (Pilot Officer)

Killed in Action 1945-February-21

Pilot Officer Kenneth Creighton McKeown RCAF

Birth Date: 1907

Born:

Parents: Son of William Kenneth McKeown, and of Alice Gertrude McKeown, of Montreal, Quebec.

Spouse:

Home: Montreal, Quebec

Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: unkown date

Service

RCAF

Unit

77 (B) Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
Esse Potius Quam Videri To be, rather than to seem

Base

Rank

Pilot Officer

Position

Air Gunner

Service Numbers

J/95380
Prev: R/273416

Home
Google MapMontreal, Quebec
Target
Google MapWorms Germany
Memorial Location
Google MapRunnymede Memorial Surrey
Panel 280
77 Squadron (Esse Potius Quam Videri). Halifax aircraft NP 967 was shot down at Horchheirri, Germany during a night operation to Worms, Germany. Flying Officer M. Firth was also killed. Two Canadians, F/O5 Brennan and Joy, were taken Prisoners of War, and three members of the crew, not Canadians, missing believed killed. Addendum: The squadron was based at Elvington when aircraft NP 967-N was shot down. F/0.s W.T. Brennan, K.W. Joy, Sgt.s J.W. Talbot (RAAF), W. Haile (RAF), and A. Robinson (RAF) were taken Prisoners of War. Detail from "Some Of The Many" by Roy Walker, Kent,

Canada Source Canadian Virtual War Memorial

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

Crew or Other Personnel

Halifax NP967

Flying Officer William Thomas Brennan RCAF

Flying Officer Brennan, William Thomas (RCAF)
Pilot
Prisoner of War
1945-February-21
cemetery unknown

Flying Officer Murray Norman Firth RCAF

Flying Officer Firth, Murray Norman (RCAF)
Navigator
Killed in Action
1945-February-21
Soldaten Friedhof Alliierte Piloten 2WK, Am Englischen Friedhof, Kamp-Lintfort, Germany

Flying Officer K W Joy RCAF

Flying Officer Joy, K W (RCAF)

Prisoner of War
1945-February-21
cemetery unknown

Pilot Officer Kenneth Creighton McKeown RCAF

Pilot Officer McKeown, Kenneth Creighton (RCAF)
Air Gunner
Killed in Action
1945-February-21
Runnymede Memorial Surrey, UK