Footner, Kenneth Douglas
Personal Information
Rank | Sgt |
Forename(s) | Kenneth Douglas |
Surname | Footner |
Gender | M |
Age | 24 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 12-05-1940 |
Next of Kin | Son of H. F. and Margaret Footner, of Paignton, Devon. His Brother Glen Malcolm Footner Also Fell. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Fairey Battle I |
Serial Number | L5227 |
Markings | PH-J |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | Belgium |
Burial/Memorial Place | Heverlee War Cemetery |
Grave Reference | 8. J. 5. |
Epitaph | UNTIL WE MEET |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 165 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 580423 |
Service | Royal Air Force |
Group | AASF |
Squadron | 12 |
Trade | Observer |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Other Memorials
Location | Heseputterstraat, Eigenbilzen (Bilzen), Limburg Province |
Country | Belgium |
Memorial Type | Brick pillar, inscribed metal plaque, inscribed stone tablet & stencilled information boards |
Memorial Text | Bij de Duitse invasie verongelukte heir op 12 mei 1940 een Fairey Battle (L5227) bommenwerper die tot het 12 Sqn van de RAF behoorde. |
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
One of five Battles lost by 12 Squadron in this near-suicidal operation |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 12-05-1940 |
End Date | 12-05-1940 |
Takeoff Station | Amifontaine |
Day/Night Raid | Day |
Operation | Airborne 08:22 hrs from Amifontaine, France with orders to destroy a metal bridge spanning the Albert Kanaal at Maastricht (Operation Veldwezelt). |
Reason for Loss | Last seen climbing, out of control. Crashed at Elgenbilzen in Belgium |