McKenna, Austin Flower
Personal Information
Rank | G/C |
Forename(s) | Austin Flower |
Surname | McKenna |
Gender | M |
Age | 34 |
Decorations | MiD |
Date of Death | 03-09-1943 |
Next of Kin | Son of Robert Flower McKenna and Grace Alice McKenna. Husband of Maud Katharine McKenna. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Avro Lancaster III |
Serial Number | ED832 |
Markings | EM-X |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | United Kingdom |
Burial/Memorial Place | Runnymede Memorial |
Grave Reference | Panel 118. |
Epitaph |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 1 |
Panel Number | 71 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 29110 |
Service | Royal Air Force |
Group | 5 |
Squadron | 207 |
Trade | Flight Engineer |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Other Memorials
Location | St. Mary the Virgin Church, Bottesford, Leicestershire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Slate Tablet and Roll of Honour within wooden case |
Memorial Text | Roll of Honour and memorial to the members of 207 Sqn RAF who served at RAF Bottesford during WW2 |
Location | X, Great Steeping, Lincolnshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed group of Memorial Stones with adjacent info board |
Memorial Text | In memory of 207 Sqn RAF which served at RAF Spilsby and of 10 Sqn Armourers killed in an accident on 10th April 1944 |
Location | All Saints Church, Great Steeping |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Marble Tablet and Roll of Honour within wooden case |
Memorial Text | Roll of Honour and memorial to the members of 207 Sqn RAF who served at RAF Spilsby during WW2 |
Location | Stn Church, RAF Waddington, Lincolnshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Stone Tablet |
Memorial Text | In memory of 207 Sqn RAF which served at RAF Waddington between 1 November 1940 and 18th November 1941 |
Location | Harby Rd, Langar, Nottinghamshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Memorial Stone |
Memorial Text | A memorial to 207 Sqn RAF which served at RAF Langar during WW2 |
Location | St. Andrew's Church, Langar, Nottinghamshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Brass Plaque & Roll of Honour within wooden case |
Memorial Text | Roll of Honour and a memorial to the personnel of 207 Sqn RAF who were killed flying from RAF Langar during WW2 |
Miscellaneous Information
Mentioned in Despatches December 1942 |
He was the Station Commander at RAF Langar. He was born at 'Rockliffe', Mussoorie, India on 8 April 1909 where his Father was an Indigo Planter (the world's only natural blue dye). Mussoorie is a hill station, established in 1820 by a British Army Officer and long known as the 'Queen of the Hills', in the foothills of the Garhwal Himalayan Range in the state of Uttarakhand. |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1234/18 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1234/17 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 03-09-1943 |
End Date | 04-09-1943 |
Takeoff Station | Langar |
Day/Night Raid | Night (16% moon) |
Operation | Berlin |
Reason for Loss | Lost without trace |