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Sergeant Kenneth Greenwood
was serving as Flight Engineer on board Halifax MK V. LK698
coded SE-W during a night training exercise which
included practice bombing at the Strenshall bombing
range on January 5, 1944. The aircraft encountered heavy
turbulence upon returning to base and crashed near Middleton
St. George killing all crewmembers. The flash lit up the sky
with the burning wreckage strewn over a radius of 400 yards on
Rutters Farm, one quarter of a mile north of Long Newton and
one mile north of Middleton St. George.
The crew
consisted of:
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Name |
Service |
Trade |
Hometown |
Age |
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F/Sgt Hugh Morrison |
RCAF |
Pilot |
Calgary, Alberta |
25 |
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Sgt Kenneth Greenwood |
RAFVR |
Flight Engineer |
Leeds, W.Yorkshire |
22 |
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F/O George Shank |
RCAF |
Navigator |
Markham, Ontario |
29 |
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F/Sgt Arthur Schoenthaler |
RCAF |
Bomb Aimer |
Winnipeg, Manitoba |
21 |
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Sgt Edward Barlow |
RAFVR |
W/Op/AG |
Whitefield, Lancashire |
20 |
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Sgt Joseph Lamontagne |
RCAF |
Mid Upper Gunner |
Montreal, Quebec |
29 |
The funeral for five of the crew members was held at
10.30 on January 11th 1944 at the Royal Air force
Cemetery at Stonefall, Harrogate with Flight Lieutenant Father
McCann officiating. Sergeant
Greenwood was taken to his local churchyard at Shipley (Nab
Wood) Cemetery for burial.
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| Kenneth
(2nd From R) and Friends at Trafalgar Square |
Sergeant
Kenneth Greenwood |
Sergeant Kenneth
Hartley Greenwood RAFVR was the son of Elizabeth Ann and John
Stuart Greenwood and brother of Victor, Doreen and Margaret of
Leeds. Kenneth worked at Avro at Yeadon, Leeds, West Yorkshire
as an apprentice engineer prior to enlisting.
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Kenneth,
middle row, second from left, in unidentified training
photo. |
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