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Gill, Kenneth
K Gill
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IBCC Digital Archive
Date
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2017-07-09
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Gill, K
Description
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One hundred and sixty-four items plus another one hundred and fifteen in two sub-ciollections. The collection concerns Flying Officer Kenneth Gill DFC (1922 - 1945, 1438901, 155097 Royal Air Force) and contains his log book, documents, photographs and family and other correspondence. <br />He flew operations as a navigator with 9 Squadron before starting a second tour with 617 Squadron. He was killed 21 March 1945 having completed 45 operations.<br /><br />The collection also contains two albums. <br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/collections/show/2114">Kenneth Gill. Album One</a><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/collections/show/2117">Kenneth Gill. Album Two</a><br /><br />Additional information on Kenneth Gill is available via the <a href="https://losses.internationalbcc.co.uk/loss/108654/">IBCC Losses Database.</a><br /><br />The collection has been donated to the IBCC Digital Archive by Derek Gill and catalogued by Nigel Huckins.
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[letterhead]
[Air Ministry Crest]
AIR MINISTRY
(Casualty Branch),
2, SEVILLE STREET,
S.W.1.
Your Ref. P430782/45/S 14 Cas/C 7
30 November 1948.
Dear Mrs. Gill,
I am very sorry to renew your grief in the sad loss of your husband, Flying Officer K. Gill D.F.C., and to convey news which I fear will be distressing to you, but a report has recently been received from the Royal Air Force Missing Research and Enquiry Service in Germany concerning the fate of his aircraft and crew.
This report confirms that his aircraft was shot down at Okel, approximately ten miles south east of Bremen, but unhappily, despite an exhaustive search made by the investigating officers in this area, no trace of his grave or those of any other members of the crew can be found, and it must reluctantly be assumed that owing to the severity of the crash there were no recoverable remains.
In such sad circumstances, it is the intention of His Majesty’s Government to erect a memorial in this country, upon which the names of all our fallen who have no known graves, will be inscribed. The exact form and location have yet to be decided, but a full public announcement will be made as soon as a decision is reached.
I do hope the knowledge that your husband’s name will rank in very gallant company upon this memorial will be of some comfort to you in your great loss.
Yours sincerely,
[signature]
[crest]
Mrs. V. Gill.
23, Sycamore Avenue,
Halton, Leeds.
[page break]
On His Majesty’s Service
[postmark]
Mrs. V. Gill,
23, Sycamore Avenue,
Halton,
Leeds.
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Letter to Vera Gill from the Air Ministry casualty branch
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Informs her that the RAF missing research and enquiry service in Germany had recently reported details of the fate of his aircraft and crew. The area of the aircraft crash was identified no trace of any graves were found and it had to be assumed that due to severity of crash, there were no reasonable remains. Informs her that the government intended to erect a memorial with the names off those with no known grave would be erected in this country.
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Great Britain. Air Ministry. Casualty Branch
Date
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1948-11-30
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1948-11-30
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Great Britain
England--London
England--Yorkshire
England--Leeds
Germany
Germany--Bremen
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Civilian
Royal Air Force
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eng
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One page typewritten letter and envelope
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SGillK1438901v30087
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This content is available under a CC BY-NC 4.0 International license (Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0). It has been published ‘as is’ and may contain inaccuracies or culturally inappropriate references that do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of the University of Lincoln or the International Bomber Command Centre. For more information, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ and https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/legal.
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IBCC Digital Archive
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Matthew Bruce
killed in action
memorial