Piche, Kenneth Mark (Pilot Officer)

Killed in Action 1943-April-16

Pilot Officer Kenneth Mark Piche RCAF

Birth Date: 1922-January-24

Born: Lake Linden, Michigan

Parents: Alfred and Arlina Piche

Spouse:

Home: Lake Linden, Michigan, USA (parents)

Enlistment: Windsor, Ontario

Enlistment Date: 1941-March-19

Service

RCAF

Unit

15 (B) Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
Aim Sure

Base

RAF Mildenhall

Rank

Pilot Officer

Position

Pilot

Service Numbers

J/17357

Home
Google MapLake Linden, Michigan, USA (parents)
Target
Google MapFrankfurt Germany
Final Burial
Google MapCommunal Cemetery Extension
Row D Coll Grave 13-20
15 Squadron (Aim Sure). Aircraft was shot down by night fighter and crashed 1 km northwest of Sainte-Geneviève (Aisne), Hauts-de-France, France. FS B.J. Bessette, six RAF members of the crew, Sergeants J. Gould, D.J.A. Hyde, L.A. James, J.P. Lacy, Pilot Officer C.B. Perring, and Pilot Officer J.L. Shiells D.F.M. were also killed. There were two pilots on board for this operation.

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

Stirling BF474

Flight Sergeant Bertie Joseph August Bessette RCAF

Flight Sergeant Bessette, Bertie Joseph August (RCAF)
Air Gunner
Killed in Action
1943-April-16
Communal Cemetery Extension, St Erme, Aisne, France

Sergeant Donald James Arthur Hyde RAF

Sergeant Hyde, Donald James Arthur (RAF)
Air Gunner
Killed in Action
1943-April-16
cemetery unknown

Sergeant Leslie Arthur James RAF

Sergeant James, Leslie Arthur (RAF)
Air Gunner
Killed in Action
1943-April-16
cemetery unknown

Sergeant John Percy Lacy RAF

Sergeant Lacy, John Percy (RAF)
Flt. Engineer
Killed in Action
1943-April-16
cemetery unknown

Pilot Officer Clive Bolas Perrring RAF

Pilot Officer Perrring, Clive Bolas (RAF)
Navigator
Killed in Action
1943-April-16
cemetery unknown

Pilot Officer Kenneth Mark Piche RCAF

Pilot Officer Piche, Kenneth Mark (RCAF)
Pilot
Killed in Action
1943-April-16
Communal Cemetery Extension, St Erme, Aisne, France

Pilot Officer James Lauder Shiells RAF

Pilot Officer Shiells, James Lauder (RAF)
Pilot
Killed in Action
1943-April-16
cemetery unknown