Foster, Kenneth
Personal Information
Rank | Sgt |
Forename(s) | Kenneth |
Surname | Foster |
Gender | M |
Age | 20 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 17-05-1944 |
Next of Kin | Son of Leonard and Mary Lucy Foster, of Leeds, Yorkshire. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Short Stirling III |
Serial Number | EE956 |
Markings |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | United Kingdom |
Burial/Memorial Place | Oxford (Botley) Cemetery |
Grave Reference | Plot I/2. Grave 231. |
Epitaph | I KNEW AT LAST I HAD REACHED THE REALM WHICH, ALL MY LIFE HAD BEEN MY AIM |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 1 |
Panel Number | 36 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 1593330 |
Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Group | 5 |
Squadron | 1661 HCU |
Trade | Navigator |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Miscellaneous Information
CWGC lists Sgt Foster as being on the strength of 84 OTU at the time of the incident |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 17-05-1944 |
End Date | 18-05-1944 |
Takeoff Station | Winthorpe |
Day/Night Raid | Night (22% moon) |
Operation | Night navigation exercise |
Reason for Loss | Ran into very severe icing conditions and the aircraft went out of control before breaking up and crashing into a quarry at Rothwell in Northamptonshire |