Curran, Kenneth Raymond (Sergeant)

Killed in Action 1942-October-01

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Birth Date: unkown date

Born:

Parents: Foster-Son of Harry William and Edith Mary Thurley, of Waltham Abbey, Essex

Spouse:

Home: Waltham Abbey, Essex, England

Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: unkown date

Service

RAFVR

Unit

10 (B) Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
Rem Acu Tangere To hit the mark

Base

RAF Melborne

Rank

Sergeant

Position

Air Gunner (Mid-Upper)

Service Numbers

1387664

Home
Google MapWaltham Abbey, Essex, England
Target
Google MapFlensburg Germany
Temporary Burial
Google MapMilitary Cemetery at Friedenshugel, Flensburg

Remains were later exhumed from this location and reburied

Final Burial
Google MapKiel War Cemetery
Joint Grave 1 G 18-19

Crew or Other Personnel

Halifax BB207

Sergeant Stanley Childs Carter RAFVR

Sergeant Carter, Stanley Childs (RAFVR)
Air Gunner (Rear)
Killed in Action
1942-October-01
Kiel War Cemetery, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany

Sergeant Kenneth Raymond Curran RAFVR

Sergeant Curran, Kenneth Raymond (RAFVR)
Air Gunner (Mid-Upper)
Killed in Action
1942-October-01
Kiel War Cemetery, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany

Flying Officer John Leslie Jones RAFVR

Flying Officer Jones, John Leslie (RAFVR)
Pilot
Killed in Action
1942-October-01
Kiel War Cemetery, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany

Flight Sergeant Alexander McKenzie Mowbray RCAF

Flight Sergeant Mowbray, Alexander McKenzie (RCAF)
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner
Killed in Action
1942-October-01
Kiel War Cemetery, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany

Sergeant Maurice Alan Pickering RAFVR

Sergeant Pickering, Maurice Alan (RAFVR)
Bomb Aimer
Killed in Action
1942-October-01
Kiel War Cemetery, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany

Sergeant Robert Charles Prior RAF

Sergeant Prior, Robert Charles (RAF)
Navigator
Killed in Action
1942-October-01
Kiel War Cemetery, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany

Sergeant Richard Quick Stevens RAFVR

Sergeant Stevens, Richard Quick (RAFVR)
Flight Engineer
Killed in Action
1942-October-01
Kiel War Cemetery, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany

Mission

Halifax B.Mk.II BB207

Bombing Flensburg Germany 1942-October-01 to 1942-October-01

10 (B) Sqn (RAF) RAF Melborne

10 Squadron (Rem acu tangere) RAF Melborne. Halifax B Mk II aircraft BB 207 ZA-M was lost over Flensburg, Germany during operations against the shipyards and U-boat pens located there. The cause of loss of this aircraft and all seven crew members was not found

Flight Sergeant Alexander McKenzie Mowbray (RCAF), Sergeant Stanley Childs Carter (RAFVR), Sergeant Kenneth Raymond Curran (RAFVR), Flying Officer John Leslie Jones (RAFVR), Sergeant Maurice Alan Pickering (RAFVR), Sergeant Robert Charles Prior (RAF) and Sergeant Richard Quick Stevens (RAFVR) were all killed in action

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Unit Desciption

10 (B) Sqn Rem Acu Tangere (Blackburn's Own)

No 10 Squadron RFC was originally formed at Farnborough, Hampshire on January 1, 1915. It served on the Western Front in WWI, transferring to the RAF when the latter was formed in 1918. The squadron returned to England in February 1919 and was disbanded on December 31.

The squadron was re-formed as a heavy bomber unit in January 1928. A heavy-bomber unit, it flew Handley-Page Hyderabads, followed by Hinaidis and then Heyfords through the 1930s. By the time that WWII started, the squadron was equipped with Armstrong-Whitworth Whitley aircraft. Operating from Dishforth, Yorkshire, it took part in a number of leaflet raids over Germany, including being the first RAF aircraft to drop leaflets over Berlin on 1/2 October 1939. Detachments of the Squadron were based in France (Villeneuve) and Scotland (Kinloss), between October 1939 and March 1940, the latter being with Coastal Command. The squadron's first bombing raid was on the night of 19/20 March, 1940, attacking the German mining seaplane base at Hornum, on the island of Sylt. When Italy entered the war in June 1940, the squadron flew from Guernsey in the Channel Islands to attack targets in Italy.

In July 1940 the squadron moved to the nearby base of Leeming, Yorkshire, where it remained until August 1942. From December 1942 the squadron was re-equipped with Halifax aircraft. In the first quarter of 1942, There were detachments to Lossiemouth, Scotland, for operations against the battleship Tirpitz, which at that time was based near Trondheim, Norway. It was on one of these operations, on the night of 27/28 April that the squadron commander. W/C D.C.T. Bennett, was shot down, but he and his crew escaped to Sweden and were interned and subsequently returned to England. W/C (later Air Vice Marshal) Bennet subsequently was appointed to form and lead the Pathfinder Force, which became No. 8 Group of Bomber Command. From June 1942 a detachment of the squadron (16 aircraft and crews) moved to Palestine and then to Egypt, operating against Tobruk. This detachment then combined with No. 6/462 squadron to form No.462 (RAAF) Squadron in September 1942. The main No. 10 Squadron continued to operate with No. 4 Group, Bomber Command from Leeming at this time, but then moved to Melbourne, Yorkshire in August 1942, where it remained until May 1945. It was transferred to Transport Command on May 7, 1945 and disbanded on December 20 1947. It later was re-formed and flew Canberras and Victors.