Slack, Kenneth Earl Clifford
Personal Information
Rank | F/S |
Forename(s) | Kenneth Earl Clifford |
Surname | Slack |
Gender | M |
Age | 22 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 09-05-1945 |
Next of Kin | Son of William Edgar and Lottie Louise Slack, of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Avro Lancaster III |
Serial Number | MZ284 |
Markings |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | United Kingdom |
Burial/Memorial Place | Runnymede Memorial |
Grave Reference | Panel 282. |
Epitaph |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 242 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | R/123313 |
Service | Royal Canadian Air Force |
Group | 6 |
Squadron | 433 (Porcupine) |
Trade | Air gunner |
Country of Origin | Canada |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 30-11--0001 |
End Date | 30-11--0001 |
Takeoff Station | |
Day/Night Raid | |
Operation | Castrop-Rauxel oil refinery |
Reason for Loss | Died whilst attempting to save a German prison guard from drowning in the River Elbe near Schonebeck (source: Footprints on the Sands of Time, by Oliver Clutton-Brock) |