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AINSWORTH, Kenneth

Aircraft Information
Aircraft Armstrong Whitworth Whitley III
Serial Number K8957
Markings
Memorial information
Burial/Memorial Country United Kingdom
Burial/Memorial Place Woodchurch (Holy Cross) Churchyard, Birkenhead
Grave Reference Sec. L. Row 1. Grave 8..
Epitaph
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase 1
Panel Number 1
Enlistment information
Service Number 42177
Service Royal Air Force
Group 6
Squadron 10 OTU
Trade Pilot
Country of origin if different United Kingdom
Last Operation information
Start Date 08-04-1940
End Date 08-04-1940
Takeoff Station Abingdon
Day/Night raid Day
Operation Transit to Jurby, Isle of Man
Reason for Loss Set course to the Isle of Man. The weather was bad, and the aircraft iced up. The pilot ordered all to bail out while he would attempt to land the aircraft. Only one bailed out - from 250 feet, and survived. K8957 crashed about 1700 hrs near Northcote, railway station, near Stratford upon Avon.