William Kenneth Ford
MilitaryJoined RAFVR, assigned to 133S, shot down in melee with Fw190's. Killed in Action (KIA) 31-5-42.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Type Category: Fighter
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: Spitfire
- Unit: No 133 'Eagle' Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: "Duckpond"
- Site type: Memorial
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
New Mexico, USA | 13 February 1922 | Son of Oscar M and Frances Trammell Ford, of Las Vegas, New Mexico, USA. |
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Died |
Calais, France | 31 May 1942 | Shot down in melee with Fw190's. Killed in Action (KIA) 31-5-42. |
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Buried |
Air Forces Memorial, Englefield Green, Egham, Surrey TW20 0LG, UK | Runnymede Memorial Englefield Green Runnymede Borough Surrey, England. | |
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Other Joined RAFVR |
Canada | Joined Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. | |
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Other Assigned |
Biggin Hill, London SE19 3HY, UK | 31 May 1942 | Assigned to 133 [Eagle] Sqn RAF. |
Revisions
EAGLES of the RAF - The World War II Eagle Squadrons by Phillip D Caine.
http://www.uswarmemorials.org/html/people_details.php?PeopleID=3545
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http://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/1270213/FORD,%20WILLIAM%20KE…
EAGLES of the RAF - The World War II Eagle Squadrons by Phillip D Caine.
http://www.uswarmemorials.org/html/people_details.php?PeopleID=3545
http://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/1270213/FORD,%20WILLIAM%20KE…
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Combat Chronology / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia