Steven, Kenneth Munro
Personal Information
Rank | F/L |
Forename(s) | Kenneth Munro |
Surname | Steven |
Gender | M |
Age | 30 |
Decorations | DFC |
Date of Death | 14-01-1944 |
Next of Kin | Son of Arthur and Williamina Davina Steven, of Ilford, Essex. Husband of Dorothy Margaret Steven, of Ilford. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Avro Lancaster III |
Serial Number | ND421 |
Markings | OF-S |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | Netherlands |
Burial/Memorial Place | Texel (Den Burg) Cemetery |
Grave Reference | Plot K. Row 6. Grave 143. |
Epitaph | IN PROUD AND EVERLOVING MEMORY. HIS WIFE, LITTLE GIRLS AND PARENTS |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 247 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 129506 |
Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Group | 8 |
Squadron | 97 (Straits Settlements) |
Squadron Motto | Achieve your aim |
Trade | Pilot |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Other Memorials
Location | Church of the Holy Spirit, RAF Coningsby, Coningsby, Lincolnshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Stained Glass Window |
Memorial Text | A stained glass window remembering 97 Sqn in the Church of the Holy Spirit, RAF Coningsby |
Location | Roadside location (off E6), Fættenfjord, near Åsenfjord, Trøndelag Fylke |
Country | Norway |
Memorial Type | Inscribed memorial stone atopped with inert aerial sea mine and Tirpitz anchor chain link |
Memorial Text |
For Frihet Til minne om Allierte Flymannskaper fra RAF drept under angrep pa det tyske slagskipet Tirpitz i Fættenfjord 1942
Translation "For freedom In memory of the Allied Aircrews from the RAF who died in attacks on the German Battleship Tirpitz in the Fættenfjord 1942 " |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/768/2 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/768/1 |
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 | 14-01-1944 |
End Date | 15-01-1944 |
Takeoff Station | Bourn |
Day/Night Raid | Night (82% moon) |
Operation | Brunswick. 498 aircraft, all but two of them Lancasters. First major raid on this town of the war. 38 Lancasters Lost (7.6%). The German controller tracked the bomber stream from just off the English coastline and many German fighters entered the stream over Bremen, continuing to score hits until the stream left the Dutch coast on the return leg. Pathfinder losses were unusually high (11 aircraft). The raid was not successful even though the town was not expansive alongside most targets. Many bombs fell in open countryside or in neighbouring towns. Only 10 houses destroyed. 14 deaths on the ground. |
Reason for Loss | Shot down over Texel. Three bodies were found in the wreckage and the other two were washed up onto Texel sometime later but buried with their crewmates |