CREW MEMBER PROFILE

Surname:

KENNY

First Name/s:

Edward Henry

Service No/s:

1384536

Service:

RAFVR

Branch:

Flight Engineer

Awards:

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SERVICE RECORDS

Date

Event

Aircraft Flown
01 Aug 1940

Enlisted at the Combined Recruiting Centre, Euston, London, as Aircraftman Second Class (AC2); at some point from August 1940 onwards.

01 Feb 1944

Joined No. 576 Squadron, 'B' Flight at Elsham Wolds, Linconshire as part of the Barnsdale crew. Exact date TBC.

Lancaster
01 Jul 1944

No. 460 Squadron, Binbrook, Lincolnshire. Exact date TBC.
Ops (6): G E M Lindenberg, RAAF & B A Woods, RAAF (1) crews
23 Jul 44 – Kiel
25 Jul 44 – Ardauval (Woods)
26 Jul 44 – Bois des Jardins
28 Jul 44 – Stuttgart
31 Jul 44 – Forêt de Nieppe

02 Aug 44 – Chateau de Bernapré

Lancaster
08 Sep 1944

08 Sep 44 - 550 Squadron, North Killingham, Lincolnshire (Lancaster) from 300 Sqn

Ops (18): R Hopman, RAAF crew
23 Sep 44 – Neuss
25 Sep 44 – Calais; Master Bomber abandoned attack
26 Sep 44 – Calais
27 Sep 44 – Calais
05 Oct 44 – Saarbrucken; landed in Norfolk
07 Oct 44 – Emmerich; landed Faldingworth or Blyton
14 Oct 44 – Duisburg
25 Oct 44 – Essen
28 Oct 44 – Cologne
30 Oct 44 – Cologne
31 Oct 44 – Cologne
02 Nov 44 – Dusseldorf
04 Nov 44 – Bochum
09 Nov 44 – Wanne-Eickel
11 Nov 44 – Dortmund
16 Nov 44 – Duren
18 Nov 44 – Wanne-Eickel
21 Nov 44 – Aschaffenburg; crew ‘screened’ from operations.

Lancaster
01 Dec 1944

No. 1669 Heavy Conversion Unit (HCU), Langar, Nottinghamshire.

576 Squadron FLYING RECORDS

Date

Aircraft

Code

Flight Details

T/O

Land

Flt Time

Crew

15 Feb 1944

ND402

UL-R2

BERLIN

1715

0030

7h15

P1   Fg Off F.S. Barnsdale
P2   
FE   Sgt E.H. Kenny
AB   Sgt E.C. Edwards
NAV  WO2 A.G. Campbell RCAF
WOp  Sgt K.J. Willett
MUG  Sgt C. Clamp
RG   Sgt G.M. Morris

NOTES:

Target: Built-up area Load: 1x 4,000lb 'Cookie', 56x 30lb and 1,122x 4lb incendiaries

15 Feb 1944

ND402

UL-R2

BERLIN

1715

0030

7h15

P1   Fg Off F.S. Barnsdale
P2   
FE   Sgt E.H. Kenny
AB   Sgt E.C. Edwards
NAV  WO2 A.G. Campbell RCAF
WOp  Sgt K.J. Willett
MUG  Sgt C. Clamp
RG   Sgt G.M. Morris

NOTES:

Target: Built-up area Load: 1x 4,000lb 'Cookie', 56x 30lb and 1,122x 4lb incendiaries

15 Feb 1944

ND402

UL-R2

BERLIN

1715

0030

7h15

P1   Fg Off F.S. Barnsdale
P2   
FE   Sgt E.H. Kenny
AB   Sgt E.C. Edwards
NAV  WO2 A.G. Campbell RCAF
WOp  Sgt K.J. Willett
MUG  Sgt C. Clamp
RG   Sgt G.M. Morris

NOTES:

Target: Built-up area Load: 1x 4,000lb 'Cookie', 56x 30lb and 1,122x 4lb incendiaries

15 Feb 1944

ND402

UL-R2

BERLIN

1715

0030

7h15

P1   Fg Off F.S. Barnsdale
P2   
FE   Sgt E.H. Kenny
AB   Sgt E.C. Edwards
NAV  WO2 A.G. Campbell RCAF
WOp  Sgt K.J. Willett
MUG  Sgt C. Clamp
RG   Sgt G.M. Morris

NOTES:

Target: Built-up area Load: 1x 4,000lb 'Cookie', 56x 30lb and 1,122x 4lb incendiaries

19 Feb 1944

LM439

UL-X2

LEIPZIG

2345

0730

7h45

P1   Fg Off F.S. Barnsdale
P2   
FE   Sgt E.H. Kenny
AB   Sgt E.C. Edwards
NAV  WO2 A.G. Campbell RCAF
WOp  Sgt K.J. Willett
MUG  Sgt C. Clamp
RG   Sgt G.M. Morris

NOTES:

Target: Built-up area Load: 1x 4000lb ‘Cookie’, 56x 30lb and 1,122x 4lb incendiaries

20 Feb 1944

LM439

UL-X2

STUTTGART

2340

0740

8h00

P1   Fg Off F.S. Barnsdale
P2   
FE   Sgt E.H. Kenny
AB   Sgt E.C. Edwards
NAV  WO2 A.G. Campbell RCAF
WOp  Sgt K.J. Willett
MUG  Sgt C. Clamp
RG   Sgt G.M. Morris

NOTES:

Target: Built-up area Load: 1x 4,000lb ‘Cookie’, 56x 30lb and 1,122x 4lb incendiaries.

24 Feb 1944

ND402

UL-R2

SCHWEINFURT

1820

0225

8h05

P1   Fg Off F.S. Barnsdale
P2   
FE   Sgt E.H. Kenny
AB   Sgt E.C. Edwards
NAV  WO2 A.G. Campbell RCAF
WOp  Sgt K.J. Willett
MUG  Sgt G.S. Armstrong
RG   Sgt G.M. Morris

NOTES:

Target: Built-up area Load: 1x 4,000lb ‘Cookie’, 56x 30lb and 1,122x 4lb incendiaries

25 Feb 1944

ND402

UL-R2

AUGSBURG

1820

0225

8h05

P1   Fg Off F.S. Barnsdale
P2   
FE   Sgt E.H. Kenny
AB   Sgt E.C. Edwards
NAV  WO2 A.G. Campbell RCAF
WOp  Sgt K.J. Willett
MUG  Sgt G.S. Armstrong
RG   Sgt G.M. Morris

NOTES:

Target: Aircraft factories Load: 1x 4,000lb ‘Cookie’, 56x 30lb and 1,122x 4lb incendiaries

22 Mar 1944

LL830

UL-R2

FRANKFURT

1850

0050

6h00

P1   Fg Off F.S. Barnsdale
P2   
FE   Sgt E.H. Kenny
AB   Sgt E.C. Edwards
NAV  Plt Off A.G. Campbell RCAF
WOp  Sgt K.J. Willett
MUG  Sgt C. Clamp
RG   Sgt G.M. Morris

NOTES:

Target: Built-up area Load: 1x 4,000lb ‘Cookie’, 108x 30lb and 1,062x 4lb incendiaries

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