Kinnair, William Spence
Personal Information
Rank | F/S |
Forename(s) | William Spence |
Surname | Kinnair |
Gender | M |
Age | 24 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 18-01-1946 |
Next of Kin | Son of Jonathan & Lily Kinnair of St. John's Wood, London |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Vickers Wellington X |
Serial Number | LR125 |
Markings |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | United Kingdom |
Burial/Memorial Place | Harrogate (Stonefall) Cemetery, North Yorkshire |
Grave Reference | |
Epitaph |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | Post-War |
Panel Number | POST (not yet erected on site) |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 572774 |
Service | Royal Air Force |
Group | |
Squadron | 17 OTU |
Trade | Navigator/ Air Bomber |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Other Memorials
Location | Village Centre, Silverstone, Northamptonshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Village Sign & Inscribed Slate Tablet |
Memorial Text | In memory of No. 17 OTU, Silverstone Airfield. 1943 - 1946 |
Location | Within Motor Racing Circuit, Silverstone, Northamptonshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Memorial Stone & Stencilled RoH |
Memorial Text | Per Ardua Ad Astra to those who served No.17 OTU R.A.F. Silverstone. 1943 - 1946 |
Location | Road Bridge over A43, Turweston, Northamptonshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Framed Scroll |
Memorial Text | Remembered with Honour, Bomber Command, 17 OTU, RAF Silverstone and RAF Turweston. 1943 - 1945 |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 18-01-1946 |
End Date | 18-01-1946 |
Takeoff Station | Silverstone |
Day/Night Raid | Day |
Operation | Training |
Reason for Loss | Aircraft flew into bad weather and Pitot head froze. Pilot believed airspeed was incorrect and dived to gain speed causing in-flight structural failure near Merionith, Wales |