Amond, Kenneth Alfred
Personal Information
Rank | Sgt |
Forename(s) | Kenneth Alfred |
Surname | Amond |
Gender | M |
Age | 20 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 03-03-1943 |
Next of Kin | Son of Alfred and Vivien May Amond, of Thorpe, Norwich. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | de Havilland Mosquito IV |
Serial Number | DZ463 |
Markings | XD- |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | United Kingdom |
Burial/Memorial Place | Runnymede Memorial |
Grave Reference | Panel 140. |
Epitaph |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 122 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 1392604 |
Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Group | 2 |
Squadron | 139 (Jamaica) |
Trade | Navigator |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/960/16 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/960/15 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 03-03-1943 |
End Date | 03-03-1943 |
Takeoff Station | Marham |
Day/Night Raid | Day |
Operation | Knaben, Norway to bomb a molybdenum mine (molybdenum was one of the alloys added to iron for the manufacture of munitions grade steel and this was the only such mine in Europe so was of great strategic importance) |
Reason for Loss | Intercepted by FW 190s and shot down off the Norwegian coast |