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Kendal, John Bedford

Date of birth:
September 29th, 1920 (Chepstow/Wales, United Kingdom)
Date of death:
May 25th, 1942 (at sea)
Mentioned on:
Air Forces Memorial Runnymede
Service number:
83268
Nationality:
British

Biography

Promotions:
August 10th, 1940: Pilot Officer on probation;
August 10th, 1941: Pilot Officer;
August 10th, 1941: Flying Officer (war subs.).

Career:
April 1939: RAFVR;
?: No. 66 Squadron;
1941: Merchant Ship Fighter Unit (MSFU).

Flown aircraft:
1941: Hurricane Mk 1, Z4873.

Aircraft shot down:
October 2nd, 1940: Messerschmitt Bf 109E-1, Werknr. 6291, Oberleutnant Walter Radlick, Staffelkapitän 9. Staffel, Jagdgeschwader 53;
October 29th, 1940: Messerschmitt Bf 109;
May 25th, 1942: Junkers Ju 88.

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Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Flying Officer
Unit:
Merchant Ship Fighter Unit, Royal Air Force
Awarded on:
January 1st, 1943

Posthumously awarded
Mentioned in Dispatches

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