Austin, Kenneth Herbert (Flight Sergeant)
Killed in Action 1944-December-31
Birth Date: 1924
Born:
Parents: FREDERICK AND ROSE MAY AUSTIN, OF HARPENDEN, HERTFORDSHIRE.
Spouse:
Home:
Enlistment:
Enlistment Date: unkown date
Service
RAFVR
Unit
626 (B) Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
To Strive And Not To Yield To strive and not to yeild
Base
Wickenby
Rank
Flight Sergeant
Position
Wireless Operator
Service Numbers
1872833
Osterfeld GermanyCrew or Other Personnel
Lancaster PB687
Mission
Lancaster Mk.I/III PB687
Bombing Osterfeld Germany 1944-December-31 to 1944-December-31
626 (B) Sqn (RAF) Wickenby
Lancaster aircraft PB 687 was shot down by an enemy fighter aircraft during operations against Osterfield, Germany. Flying Officer W H Pogson and FS. K.H. Austin (RAF) were also killed. The crew were ordered to bail out and all the crew responded except FS. Casey. The four survivors, three Canadians and one not Canadian, jumped out of the front of the aircraft and were returned safely to the United Kingdom. The three casualties all jumped out of the rear of the aircraft.
Claim by Hptm Johannes Hager 6/NJG1 at 19:05. (Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1945 Part 5 - Theo Boiten)
Lancaster PB687 Mk.I/III - Bombing Osterfeld Germany - 1944-12-31 to 1944-12-31
Squadron: 626 (B) Sqn (RAF)
Start Date: 1944-12-31
Completion Date: 1944-12-31
Mission: Bombing
Operation: unspecified
Target City: Osterfeld Germany
Target Specific:
Base: Wickenby
Take Off Time: 14:51
Squadron Code:
Radio Code:
Return Base:
Return Time:
Crash City:
Crash Specifics:
Crash Latitude: 0.00000000
Crash Longitude: 0.00000000
Crash Reason: fighter
Flak Battery:
Enemy Claim:
War Diary Unavailable
6 Group Unavailable
6 Group Unavailable
Lancaster aircraft PB 687 was shot down by an enemy fighter aircraft during operations against Osterfield, Germany. Flying Officer W H Pogson and FS. K.H. Austin (RAF) were also killed. The crew were ordered to bail out and all the crew responded except FS. Casey. The four survivors, three Canadians and one not Canadian, jumped out of the front of the aircraft and were returned safely to the United Kingdom. The three casualties all jumped out of the rear of the aircraft.
Claim by Hptm Johannes Hager 6/NJG1 at 19:05. (Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1945 Part 5 - Theo Boiten)
