Daymond, Keith William
Personal Information
Rank | F/L |
Forename(s) | Keith William |
Surname | Daymond |
Gender | M |
Age | 24 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 16-03-1945 |
Next of Kin | Son of William Thomas Daymond and Mildred Daymond (née MacNeill), of Campbelton, New Brunswick, Canada. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Avro Lancaster I |
Serial Number | PD275 |
Markings | PH-K |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | Germany |
Burial/Memorial Place | Durnbach War Cemetery |
Grave Reference | 11. K. 27. |
Epitaph |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 1 |
Panel Number | 28 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | J/21582 |
Service | Royal Canadian Air Force |
Group | 1 |
Squadron | 12 |
Trade | Pilot |
Country of Origin | Canada |
Other Memorials
Location | Wickenby Airfield, Wickenby, Lincolnshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Stone Memorial with Sculpture of Icarus & Information Board |
Memorial Text | Royal Air Force Wickenby No1 Group Bomber Command 1942-1945 In memory of one thousand and eighty men of 12 & 626 Squadrons who gave their lives on operations from this airfieldin the offensive against Germany and the liberation of occupied Europe Per ardu |
Miscellaneous Information
Keith was born on 9 January 1921 at Campbelton, New Brunswick. His father was a carpenter and was born at Port Daniel, P.Q. and his mother was born at Esciminac, P.Q. He had one brother Lawrence. Keith attended Cayuga Drive School, N. Falls 1928-1934, Grammar School, and then Lasalle High School, N. Falls, 1934-1940, High School (both in USA). He spent the last nineteen years before enlistment in Niagara Falls, New York. He enjoyed many different sports Including football , baseball, softball, swimming and hockey and his hobby was making model aircraft . Keith worked in carpentry for John Smith & Son 1940-1941 and then contracted to work with his father from 1941 until enlistment on 10 November 1941. |
After initial training he embarked from New York on 12 October 1943, arriving in the U.K. at 3 PRC on 30 October 1943. He was then at 14 (P) AFU 22 February 1944, 83 OTU 9 May 1944 and 125 Squadron 13 October 1944. Keith was to lose his life on 16 March 1945. |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/169/6 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/169/5 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 16-03-1945 |
End Date | 17-03-1945 |
Takeoff Station | Wickenby |
Day/Night Raid | Night (12% moon) |
Operation | Nuremburg |
Reason for Loss | Likely night fighter victim, crashing at Ansbach in Bavaria |