Heron, Kenneth
Personal Information
Rank | F/O |
Forename(s) | Kenneth |
Surname | Heron |
Gender | M |
Age | 22 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 25-07-1944 |
Next of Kin | Son of Sheldon and Elsie Heron, of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Handley Page Halifax III |
Serial Number | MZ713 |
Markings | PT-U |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | United Kingdom |
Burial/Memorial Place | Runnymede Memorial |
Grave Reference | Panel 246. |
Epitaph |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 181 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | J/25704 |
Service | Royal Canadian Air Force |
Group | 6 |
Squadron | 420 (Snowy Owl) |
Trade | Air Bomber |
Country of Origin | Canada |
Other Memorials
Location | Outside former St. Georges Hotel, Teesside Airport, County Durham |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Slate Tablet on Memorial Stone |
Memorial Text | In memory of those who served at RAF Croft, 1941-1945 including 420 Sqn RCAF |
Location | Village Green, Tholthorpe, North Yorkshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Stone Memorial, inscribed Metal Plaque and Maple Tree |
Memorial Text | A memorial, in English & French, to those Canadians who served at RAF Tholthorpe during WW2, including 420 (RCAF) Sqn |
Location | Former Control Tower, Tholthorpe Airfield, North Yorkshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Metal Plaque |
Memorial Text | A memorial to those Canadians who served at RAF Tholthorpe during WW2, including 420 Sqn |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1826/12 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1826/11 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 24-07-1944 |
End Date | 25-07-1944 |
Takeoff Station | Tholthorpe |
Day/Night Raid | Night (20% moon) |
Operation | Ferfay- to attack a flying bomb site. 112 aircraft, mainly Halifaxes. The Master Bomber only allowed 73 aircraft to bomb. 1 Halifax lost |
Reason for Loss | Crashed into the sea off the Pas de Calais, France |