Kite, Frederick William

Title

Kite, Frederick William
Kite, FW

Description

Ten items. The collection concerns Frederick William Kite (b. 1922, 1393059 Royal Air Force) and contains photographs. He flew operations as a wireless operator on 106 Squadron and was killed 16 December 1943.

The collection was loaned to the IBCC Digital Archive for digitisation by Joyce Hancock and catalogued by John England.

Additional information on Frederick William Kite is available via the IBCC Losses Database.

Date

2019-05-19

Publisher

IBCC Digital Archive

Rights

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Identifier

Kite, FW

Collection Items

An Airman
An airman wearing No1 uniform with chip hat and white (trainee) band, LAC rank.

An Airman
An airman wearing Sidcot flying suit. Handwritten note at bottom of picture 'Your forever pal John'. On reverse, handwritten note 'December 1941'.

Airman
An airman wearing No1 uniform and chip hat with white (trainee) flash, LAC rank badge.

An Airman
An airman wearing No1 uniform with chip hat. On reverse, handwritten note 'May your aim be straight and true, May you get him before he gets you, Best of luck Clem'. Rubber stamp 'Valette Studio, Blackpool, 8 Nov 1941'.

An airman in flying gear
An airman wearing Sidcot suit with parachute harness. Wooden huts in background, illegible signature at bottom of picture. On reverse, handwritten note 'Evanton Feb.9 1943.

An airman
An airman wearing No1 jacket with shirt and tie.

An airman
An airman wearing No1 jacket and chip hat with white (trainee) flash.

Frederick William Kite
An airman wearing Sidcot suit and parachute harness. On reverse, sticker 'Frederick William KITE'.

An airman
An airman wearing working dress tunic with shirt and tie. On reverse, handwritten note 'From Blakey to Fred xxx'.

Aircrew trainees
Ten airmen wearing working dress, chip hats with white bands showing trainee status. Wooden hut behind. Names are written on the photo. On reverse, rubber stamp 'RAF Evanton', Reference G/388E, 20 Oct 1942, RAF OFFICIAL.
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Collection Tree

  • Kite, Frederick William