Bonter, Kenneth Charles (Warrant Officer 2)

Prisoner of War 1942-09-11

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Birth Date: 1913-March-14

Born:

Home: Toronto, Ontario

Enlistment: Flin Flon, Manitoba

Enlistment Date: 1941-04-09

Decorations: MiD

Mentioned in Dispatches

Service

RCAF

Unit

16 OTU- Operational Training Unit (RAF)

Base

RAF Upper Heyford

Rank

Warrant Officer 2

Position

Warrant Officer 2

Service Numbers

R/100209
PoW: 27156

Took off from Upper Heyford at 20:37 in Wellington Mk IC (Sqn code: XG-O Bomber Command) on an operation to Dusseldorf Germany.

Ditched in North Sea, cause/reason not found. The two survivors spent five days in a rubber dhingy before rescue.

Killed:Pilot Officer Arthur Henry Childs RAF KIA Bergen General Cemetery Plot 1. Row A. Grave 18.FSergeant Richard Cecil Daoust RCAF R/130187 KIA Runnymede Memorial Panel 103.Flight Sergeant Douglas Richard Smith RCAF R/73247 KIA Kiel War Cemetery grave 3. E. 5.

POWsWarrant Officer Class 2 Kenneth Charles Bonter RCAF R/100209 POW Stalag 344 Lamsdorf.Sergeant Robert James Harvey RAF POW Stalag 344 Lamsdorf.

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