Kitchen, Alfred Edward
Personal Information
Rank | F/O |
Forename(s) | Alfred Edward |
Surname | Kitchen |
Gender | M |
Age | 24 |
Decorations | DFC |
Date of Death | 28-11-1944 |
Next of Kin | Son of Arthur and Emma Kitchen. Husband of Edna Kitchen, of Letchmore Heath. Hertfordshire. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | de Havilland Mosquito XVI |
Serial Number | ML979 |
Markings | HS-A |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | Netherlands |
Burial/Memorial Place | Kampen General Cemetery, Ijsselmuiden |
Grave Reference | Plot 10. Grave 5. |
Epitaph | AT THE GOING DOWN OF THE SUN AND IN THE MORNING WE WILL REMEMBER HIM. R.I.P. |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 194 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 173155 |
Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Group | 8 |
Squadron | 109 |
Trade | Navigator |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Other Memorials
Location | Adjacent to former Airfield Site, Little Staughton, Bedfordshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Stone Memorial |
Memorial Text | A memorial to RAF Little Staughton, including 109 Sqn |
Location | All Saints Church, Little Staughton, Bedfordshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Stone Tablet, Roll of Honour, Gp & Sqn Badges |
Memorial Text | Roll of Honour and memorial to those who served at RAF Little Staughton during WW2, including 109 Sqn |
Location | RAF Wyton Memorial Gardens, Wyton, Cambridgshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Stone Memorial & Inscribed Metal Plaque |
Memorial Text | A memorial to those who served at RAF Wyton during WW2, including 109 Sqn |
Miscellaneous Information
Originally trained as a Pilot. |
(photo taken in 1943) |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 27-11-1944 |
End Date | 28-11-1944 |
Takeoff Station | Little Staughton |
Day/Night Raid | Night (94% moon) |
Operation | Neuss. 290 aircraft, 1 lost. The central and eastern districts were heavily bombed. 145 houses were destroyed together with 4 industrial premises. 41 people were killed, suggesting the town had good air-raid provisions. |
Reason for Loss | On fire, the aircraft crashed into the Ijsselmeer. The pilot, Maurice Williamson, successfully parachuted to land. Maurice went to a local farmhouse and was turned over to the Germans and spent the remainder of the war as a PoW. F/O Kitchen's remains were recovered in March 1945 when the ice on the Ijsselmeer melted. |