LEST WE FORGET
Flight Sergeant Kenneth Charles WALKER
Service No: 410927
Born: Carnegie VIC, 4 December 1922
Enlisted in the RAAF: 27 March 1942
Unit: No. 90 Squadron (RAF), RAF Station Tuddenham
Died: Air Operations: (No. 90 Squadron Lancaster aircraft LM158), Netherlands, 13 June 1944, Aged 21 Years
Buried: Brummen (Hal) General Cemetery, Gelderland, Netherlands
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Alfred and Alice Jane Walker, of Mirboo North, Victoria, Australia
Roll of Honour: Mirboo North VIC
Remembered: Panel 132, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
At 2331 hours on the night of 12 June 1944 Lancaster LM158 took off from Tuddenham detailed to bomb Gelsenkirchen. Germany. Nothing was heard from the aircraft after take-off and it failed to return to base. The aircraft crashed in an area known as Sorense Zand near Eerbeek (Gelderland), 10 kms south west from Zutphen. Six of the crewmembers were killed and one taken prisoner.
The crew members of LM158 were:
Flying Officer Alexander Allan (J/24713) (RCAF) (Navigator)
Flying Officer Albert Clark Elliott (J/24955) (RCAF) (Pilot)
Sergeant Eric Royston Cocker (1880173) (RAFVR) (Rear Gunner)
Flying Officer P C Hoffos (J/24647) (RCAF) (Air Bomber) PoW
Sergeant Denzil Charles Kibble (1894490) (RAFVR) (Flight Engineer)
Flight Sergeant Kenneth Charles Walker (410927) (Wireless Operator Air)
Sergeant David Millar Willmott (R/209089) (RCAF) (Mid Upper Gunner)
References:
Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour On-Line Records (RAAF Casualty Information compiled by Alan Storr (409804))
Commonwealth War Graves Commission On-Line Records
Department of Veterans’ Affairs On-Line WWII Nominal Roll
National Archives of Australia On-Line Record A705, 166/43/715