Kenneth Ross PHELPS

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PHELPS, Kenneth Ross

Service Number:	407107
Enlisted:	27 May 1940, Adelaide
Last Rank:	Warrant Officer
Last Unit:	Not yet discovered
Born:	Mannum, South Australia, Australia , 10 March 1920
Home Town:	Eden Valley, Barossa, South Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Not yet discovered
Died:	Flying Battle, India, 31 January 1943, aged 22 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Singapore Memorial, Singapore Col 430
Memorials:	Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Coonalpyn Honour Roll, Coonalpyn Soldiers Memorial Park Gates, Coonalpyn War Memorial, Singapore Memorial Kranji War Cemetery

World War 2 Service

27 May 1940:	Involvement Warrant Officer, 407107
27 May 1940:	Enlisted Adelaide
27 May 1940:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Warrant Officer, 407107
Date unknown:	Involvement

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Biography contributed by David Barlow

Flying Officer Hugh John Munro Campbell 401101 and Warrant Officer Kenneth Ross Phelps 407107 were killed in the loss of Dakota MA929 of Number 31 Squadron RAF near Kamku, India

They are commemorated on Singapore Memorial

Biography contributed by Paul Wiebusch

31-1-1943
No.31 Sqn.
DC-3 MA929

Took off from Dinjan en route for Fort Hertz at 1330 on 31/1/43. The aircraft failed to arrive at Fort Hertz and has not been found. It was last seen by a Hudson pilot at 7,000 feet near Kamku, heading for Fort Hertz at 1400 hours.

AUS401101 F/O (1st Pilot) Hugh John Munro CAMPBELL MiD RAAF +
1377419 F/Sgt (2nd Pilot) John Orson NICHOLLS RAFVR +
AUS407107 W/O (W.Op./Air Gnr.) Kenneth Ross PHELPS RAAF +
CAN R/74121 WO2 (W.Op./Air Gnr.) Joseph Jean Jacques Fernand CASAUBON RCAF +
1082946 AC1 (Fitter IIE) Thomas Gladstone WILLIAMSON RAFVR +
43524 F/Lt Norman Lee BAUGH MC RAF + (Passenger)

Sources:

NAA: A705, 166/32/27

https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19430131-1

http://www.rafcommands.com/database/serials/details.php?uniq=ma929

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