EAST Kenneth Francis DFM

RAF PoW Born 1918 Died Amersham England 21 November 2004

Service No: 47896. Enlisted 1935 Served as a Wireless Operator Aircrew in Bomber Command. First tour in 4 Group 3 September 1939 to 24 August 1940. Instructor 19 OTU 1940-43. Second tour Pathfinder Force 1943. Shot down over Germany June 1943 (83 Squadron RAF Lancaster ED907 operating against Cologne: 16-17 June 1943). PoW 1943-45 in Stalag Luft 3 and Stalag 3A. Demobilised May 1948. Royal Air Force Association. Retired School Master.