Howarth, Kenneth Turner
Personal Information
Rank | F/S |
Forename(s) | Kenneth Turner |
Surname | Howarth |
Gender | M |
Age | 21 |
Decorations | DFM |
Date of Death | 01-08-1942 |
Next of Kin | Son of Fred and Eleanor Howarth, of Colne, Lancashire, England. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Vickers Wellington III |
Serial Number | BJ607 |
Markings | DX- |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | Netherlands |
Burial/Memorial Place | Bergen-op-Zoom Canadian War Cemetery |
Grave Reference | 6. F. 8. |
Epitaph | TREASURED MEMORIES |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 185 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 581154 |
Service | Royal Air Force |
Group | 3 |
Squadron | 57 |
Squadron Motto | Corpus non animum muto (I change my body, not my spirit) |
Trade | Observer |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Other Memorials
Location | Lincolnshire Aviation Heritage Centre, East Kirkby, Lincolnshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Sculptures, Inscribed Memeorial Stone & Inscribed Metal Plaques |
Memorial Text | In memory of those who gave their lives with 57 and 630 Squadrons 1939 - 1945 |
Location | Lincolnshire Aviation Heritage Centre, East Kirkby, Lincolnshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Stenciled 57 Sqn RoH in site Chapel |
Memorial Text | In proud memory of the men of No. 57 Squadron who lost their lives operating from Royal Air Force East Kirkby 1943 to 1945 |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/538/14 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/538/13 |
Fellow Servicemen
Please note that this list gives all the losses aboard the quoted aircraft and occasionally these may have occurred on an earlier date when the aircraft was not itself lost. Please check the dates of death carefully.
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 31-07-1942 |
End Date | 01-08-1942 |
Takeoff Station | Feltwell |
Day/Night Raid | Night (79% moon) |
Operation | Dusseldorf. 630 aircraft including over 100 Lancasters. 900 tons of bombs dropped causing damage to over 15000 houses. 12000 people were bombed out and 279 killed |
Reason for Loss | Shot down by ship's flak and crashed off the island of Walcheren, Holland |