F025 PETER KENNETT. Pilot-Officer, Pilot, 82685 Royal Air Force (VR), 261 Squadron. Born 1920 to Thomas and Nellie Vida Kennett, Bexhill on Sea, Sussex, stepson of Mary E.Kennett, Little Common, Bexhill on Sea. Died 11th April 1941 aged 21 years.
At rest in Capuccini Naval Cemetery, Malta Plot F Grave 25
F025 WALTER LADISLO YAHOLNITSKY, Warrant Officer II, Pilot, R/101915, Royal Canadian Air Force, attached to 249 Squadron, Royal Air Force. Born 8 September 1912 at Mikado, Saskatchewan, Canada. Residence 200 Leith Street, Fort William, Ontario. Parents Walter and Mary Yaholnitsky nee Cherorick. Enlisted 22 May 1941 posted 2A Manning Depot, Penfold as Pilot, observer. Civilian occupation, aircraft worker. Spoke fluent, Ukrainian, Russian, French and English. killed 9th April 1943 aged 33 years during air operations.
At rest in Capuccini Naval Cemetery, Malta Plot F Grave 25
F025 VICTOR LESLIE BOYD. Warrant Officer I, Wireless Operator/Air Gunner, R/71778, Royal Canadian Air Force, attached to 69 Squadron RAF at RAF Luqa, Malta Born 16 February 1921 in Renfrew Scotland to Squadron Leader William Henry Boyd, RCAF and Anne Elizabeth, nee Adams (native of Scotland) of 28 MacPherson Avenue, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Enlisted 22 August 1940 in Ontario aged 22 years 2 months and 18 days. Previously served 3 years in the Cadet Corps. His parents later moved to 1050 George Street, Apartment 1A, Toronto. He died 4 May 1943 aged 22 years from multiple injuries and burns. He was part of a crew of a Baltimore aircraft which crashed near Safi at 04-15 hours on the same day whilst taking off on operations from RAF Luqa. There were no survivors.
At rest in Capuccini Naval Cemetery, Malta Plot F Grave 25