Kenneth William BINDER

BINDER, Kenneth William

Service Number: 431194
Enlisted: 4 June 1943
Last Rank: Flight Sergeant
Last Unit: No. 460 Squadron (RAAF)
Born: Swan Hill, Victoria, Australia , 29 March 1925
Home Town: Kerang, Gannawarra, Victoria
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Not yet discovered
Died: Flying Battle, Germany, 16 March 1945, aged 19 years
Cemetery: Durnbach War Cemetery, Germany
Plot 9. Row A. Grave 2.
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, International Bomber Command Centre Memorial
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World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939: Involvement Flight Sergeant, 431194
4 Jun 1943: Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, 431194
Date unknown: Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, 431194, No. 460 Squadron (RAAF)

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Biography contributed by David Barlow

Lancaster PB816 of Number 460 Squadron crashed near Spielbach, Germany with only one survivor: Flight Sergeant Alan Webster Halls 429151 who became a POW after baling out.

RAF Sergeant AJ MacDonald along with Flight Sergeant Milton Keith Jurd 435564 / Flight Sergeant James William Prouse 431468 / Flight Sergeant Kenneth William Binder 431194 / Flight Sergeant Morgan James Parry 428877 were all killed outright.

Flying Officer Vernon James Hedley 409303 was shot while evading capture after baling out.  Details of his death are covered in the book "Footprints on the Sands of Time" by Oliver Clutton-Brock 

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