Kenneth LeRoy Holder
MilitaryIWM, Roger Freeman Collection
Joined RAFVR, assigned to 121 [Eagle] Sqn RAF, failed to return from patrol off Lincolnshire coast in Spitfire AA871. Killed in Action (KIA) 12-12-41. Body recovered from sea two weeks later.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Type Category: Fighter
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: Spitfire
- Nicknames: Royal Tunbridge Wells
- Unit: No 121 'Eagle' Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Died |
North Sea | 12 December 1941 | Failed to return from patrol off Lincolnshire coast in Spitfire AA871. Killed in Action (KIA). |
Buried |
Cemetery Ln, Ipswich, Suffolk IP4, UK | Old Ipswich Cemetery, Ipswich, Ipswich Borough, Suffolk, England. | |
Other Joined RAFVR |
Joined Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. | ||
Other Assigned |
Kirton in Lindsey, Gainsborough, North Lincolnshire DN21, UK | 12 December 1941 | Assigned to 121 [Eagle] Sqn RAF |
Revisions
EAGLES of the RAF - The World War II Eagle Squadrons by Phillip D Caine.
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=59421958
http://www.uswarmemorials.org/html/people_details.php?PeopleID=3566
EAGLES of the RAF - The World War II Eagle Squadrons by Phillip D Caine.
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=59421958
http://www.uswarmemorials.org/html/people_details.php?PeopleID=3566
EAGLES of the RAF - The World War II Eagle Squadrons by Phillip D Caine.
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=59421958
http://www.uswarmemorials.org/html/people_details.php?PeopleID=3566
EAGLES of the RAF - The World War II Eagle Squadrons by Phillip D Caine.
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=59421958
http://www.uswarmemorials.org/html/people_details.php?PeopleID=3566
Combat Chronology / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia