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FOXCROFT, Kenneth Edgar

Service Number:	427313
Enlisted:	21 June 1942
Last Rank:	Flight Sergeant
Last Unit:	No. 97 Squadron (RAF)
Born:	Leeds, England, 8 February 1923
Home Town:	Mount Lawley, Vincent, Western Australia
Schooling:	Perth Boys School and Christ Church Grammar School Western Australia
Occupation:	Junior Clerk - Vacuum Oil Company
Died:	Flying Battle, Graverly, Huntingdonshire, United Kingdom, 17 December 1943, aged 20 years
Cemetery:	Cambridge City Cemetery, United Kingdom Grave 14552A.
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, International Bomber Command Centre Memorial, Kings Park Western Australia State War Memorial

World War 2 Service

21 Jun 1942:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, 427313
21 Jun 1942:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftman 2 (WW2), 427313, No. 5 Initial Training School Pearce
12 Sep 1942:	Promoted Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftman
1 Apr 1943:	Promoted Royal Australian Air Force, Sergeant
25 May 1943:	Embarked Royal Australian Air Force, Sergeant, 427313, 2 Embarkation Depot, Embarked from Sydney for U.K.
8 Jul 1943:	Transferred Royal Australian Air Force, Sergeant, Royal Air Force - unspecified units, Bomber Command Training Units.
1 Oct 1943:	Promoted Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant
14 Nov 1943:	Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, 427313, No. 97 Squadron (RAF), Air War NW Europe 1939-45, Commenced Combat Ops.
17 Dec 1943:	Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, 427313, No. 97 Squadron (RAF), Air War NW Europe 1939-45, Killed in action - Aircraft 'OF-C' lost returning to base after a raid on Berlin. Reason for loss - weather

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