LEST WE FORGET
Squadron Leader Clifford Richard McKENNY
Service No: 574
Born: Sydney NSW, 30 April 1918
Enlisted in the RAAF: 4 September 1939 (at RAAF Station Point Cook VIC)
Unit: No. 80 Squadron
Died: Air Operations: (No. 80 Squadron Kittyhawk aircraft A29-554), Wewak PNG, 13 May 1944, Aged 26 Years
Buried: Unrecovered
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Clifford Ellerslie McKenny and Abbie Florence McKenny, of Balgowlah, New South Wales, Australia; husband of Shirley Rosemary McKenny
Roll of Honour: Unknown
Remembered: Panel 6, Lae Memorial PNG
Remembered: Panel 104, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
On 13 May 1944, Squadron Leader McKenny flying Kittyhawk A29-554 was hit by anti-aircraft fire over Wewak and his parachute caught on the aircraft as he baled out. The aircraft crashed into the sea off Kairiru Island.
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 A9845, 161; A9300, MCKENNY C R