Kenny, Gerald Patrick
Personal Information
Rank | Sgt |
Forename(s) | Gerald Patrick |
Surname | Kenny |
Gender | M |
Age | 37 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 02-11-1944 |
Next of Kin | Son of Dr. Thomas Bernard Kenny, M.D., and Cecile Kenny, of Trinidad. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Avro Lancaster I |
Serial Number | HK663 |
Markings | A4- |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | Netherlands |
Burial/Memorial Place | Groesbeek Canadian War Cemetery |
Grave Reference | XV. B. 7. |
Epitaph |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 193 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 1835809 |
Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Group | 3 |
Squadron | 195 |
Trade | Air Gunner |
Country of Origin | Trinidad |
Miscellaneous Information
The other five crew members became PoW as a result of baling out. |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 02-11-1944 |
End Date | 02-11-1944 |
Takeoff Station | Witchford |
Day/Night Raid | Day |
Operation | Homberg- Meerbeck oil plant. 184 aircraft using G-H. 5 losses (2.7%). Large fires and thick black smoke were seen by the crews |
Reason for Loss | Presumed to have been abandoned before crash landing in Allied held territory (since the pilot was admitted to a Canadian field hospital) |