Wainwright, Kenneth Rowland (Sergeant)

Killed in Action 1941-June-13

Sergeant Kenneth Rowland Wainwright RCAF

Birth Date: 1920

Born:

Parents: Son of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Wainwright, of Toronto, Ontario.

Spouse:

Home: Toronto, Ontario

Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: unkown date

Service

RCAF

Unit

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

Base

Rank

Sergeant

Position

Pilot

Service Numbers

R/69633

Home
Google MapToronto, Ontario
Target
Google MapSchwerte Germany
Final Burial
Google MapCanadian War Cemetery
34 A 8
77 Squadron (Esse Potius Quam Videri). Whitley V aircraft T 4279 KN-F shot down by a night fighter over Holland. Sergeant K.R. Wainwright, Sergeant D.K. McFarland (RAF), Pilot Officer G.V. Heslop (RAF), Sergeant L.S. Dyer (RAF) and Sergeant D.H.J. Pingel (RAF) were killed. Addendum: - The squadron was based at Topcliffe when Whitley aircraft T 4279-F was lost on operations to Schwerte, Germany. Sgt(s) D.K. McFarland (RAF), L.S. Dyer (RAF), D.H.J. Spingel (RAF), and Pilot Officer G.V. Heslop (RAF) were also killed. This complete crew are all buried in graves 34.A.4 to 34.11.8 in the Canadian War Cemetery, Bergen-Op-Zoom. Detail from "Some of the Many" by Roy Walker, Kent, England. Addendum: Whitley aircraft T 4279 (KN-F) lost over enemy held territory. Four RAF members of the crew, Sgt.s D.K. McFarland, L.S.Dyer, D.H. Pingel, and P/O. G.V. Heslop were also killed.

Canada Source Canadian Virtual War Memorial

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