BOURNE, Kenneth Charles George. Flight Sergeant Navigator R/143278 Royal Canadian Air Force died 4th May 1943 aged 20. He was the son of Charles Augustus and Grace Marjorie Bourne, of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. He is at rest in Stratford on Avon Cemetery, Warwickshire.
This is the older brother of my mother-n-law, Dorothy Enid Grace (Bourne) Anderson, who is 89 yrs old and has never seen where her brother died in England. I would like to know more about what happened to his flight and anything about his squadron during the war.
Some more information on another page of that site
04/05/1943 Wellington HE217 of 22 OTU stalled and crashed at Wellesbourne Mountford. F/Sgt J W Freeman RCAF, F/Sgt K C Bourne RCAF, Sgt E H Park RCAF, Sgt C R Blenkhorn RCAF, Sgt K Hodgson RCAF and F/Sgt A W Klauer RCAF were all killed. Sgt Park was from Tennessee, USA.
How great it is to see the photograph of Kenneth and to know that his sister will now know the whereabouts of her brother's memorial stone. Great work too by Bombardier for all his searching for info for the family. If the family wish to use my photograph of the memorial stone, they should feel free to do so.
Thanks Alf
I have received another email from Mike thanking us all for the information.
They have no other information regarding Kenneth and would like to know how they can obtain more information, any ideas who will hold the RCAF military records?.
Well here is the reply from the RAF museum (hope this Mike and Family )
Thank you for your enquiry.
Please find attached a copy of the accident card recording the loss of Wellington HE217 on 4 May 1943. Unfortunately we do not appear to hold any other items relating specifically to FS Kenneth Charles Bourne in our collection. His service record will be held at RAF Disclosures and can be applied for using the relevant form which can be downloaded from https://www.gov.uk/requests-for-personal-data-and-service-records. You will need to send the completed form to RAF Disclosures. Please note that there is a 30.00 search for this service. Their contact details are:
RAF Disclosures
Trenchard Hall
RAF Cranwell
Lincolnshire
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Generally speaking flying log books unless they were retained by the individual or their families were destroyed by the Royal Air Force in the 1970s. I would suggest that if the family do not hold the log book or have not donated it to a museum, it is unlikely to have survived.
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