BINDER, Kenneth William
| Service Number: | 431194 |
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| 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, Maryborough No. 3 Wireless Air Gunners' School Memorial Wall |
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Flight Sergeant, 431194 | |
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| 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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Add my storyBiography 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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