Munro, Kenneth William

Title

Munro, Kenneth William
K W Munro

Description

Eight items. An oral history interview with Kenneth Munro (Royal Air Force) and seven photographs. He flew operations as a night fighter navigator with 456 Squadron flying Mosquitos.

The collection was catalogued by Barry Hunter IBCC Digital Archive staff.

Date

2016-05-23

Publisher

IBCC Digital Archive

Rights

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Identifier

Munro, KW

Collection Items

Ron Letten
Ron Letten standing in a field, behind are houses.

No 32 Course, No 51 OTU Cranfield
A group photo of five rows of airmen. Underneath each individual is identified. Ken Munro is identified in the fourth row from the back, 9th from left.

Mosquito
Side view of the front of Mosquito RX-B.

Ken Munro
Ken Munro in uniform standing in front of a Nissen hut.

Ken Munro and Margaret
Ken and Margaret (his eventual wife) standing by a road sign to Troutbeck in the Lake District.

Additional information about this item has been kindly provided by the donor.

Ken Munro with a Ford model Y
Ken Munro standing beside his Ford model Y. He is holding on to the door handle. Behind are brick buildings. On the reverse are handwritten annotations [indecipherable].

Identification kindly provide by Steinar Brekke.

Don Jarling and Ken Harvard
Don Jarling and Ken Harvard, standing at the roadside with a dog. Ken Munro went on leave with Don Jarling.

Additional information about this item has been kindly provided by the donor.

Ken was a 456 Squadron Mosquito navigator. He initially joined the Army’s Victorian Scottish regiment but changed to the Royal Air force. He was selected to be a navigator and sailed to Canada. Ken did a course at Edmonton and was made an officer.…
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