Keeping, Frank Tempest (Flying Officer)

Killed in Action 1942-December-15

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Birth Date: 1913-October-02

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Service

RAF

Unit

172 (MP) Sqn- Squadron (RAF)

Base

RAF Chivenor

Rank

Flying Officer

Position

Service Numbers

122140

Took off from Chivenor in Coastal Command Wellington Mk VIII LB114 on an air-sea search and rescue mission.

Aircraft failed to return, no radio messages were received: Aircraft lost without trace.

Killed includes Keeping: Flight Sergeant William Robert Hawthorne RCAF R/68194 KIA Runnymede Memorial Panel 104. Flight Sergeant Douglas Gordon Ide RCAF R/85663 KIA Runnymede Memorial Panel 104. Flight Sergeant Arthur James Skirten RCAF R/103730 KIA Runnymede Memorial Panel 106. Flight Sergeant John Richard Graham McFarland RCAF R/112891 KIA Runnymede Memorial Panel 105. Flying Officer John Brian Thornton RAF 121409 KIA Runnymede Memorial Panel 67.

Unit Desciption

172 (MP) Sqn ()

No. 172 Squadron of the Royal Air Force. Its stations and dates are in the unit history.