LEST WE FORGET
Pilot Officer Kenneth Monckton TUCKFIELD
From Australia serving in the Royal Air Force
Service No: 62307 (RAF)
Born: Location, Date unavailable
Enlisted in the RAF: Date unavailable
Unit: No. 58 Squadron (RAF), RAF Station Linton-on-Ouse, Yorkshire
Died: Air Operations: (No. 58 Squadron Whitley V aircraft Z6972), North Sea, 8 November 1941, Aged 24 Years
Buried: Unrecovered
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Dr W J Tuckfield and Mrs Tuckfield. Husband of Lorna of Broughty Ferry, Dundee
Roll of Honour: Unknown
Remembered: Panel 35, Runnymede Memorial, Surrey UK
Remembered: Commemorative Roll, Australian War Memorial, Canberra
Whitley Z6972 took off from Linton-on-Ouse at 2242 hours on 7 November 1941 to attack Berlin. The aircraft was believed to have come down in the North Sea at 0742 hours on 8 November 1941 at position 54.17N 001.35E.
The crew members of Z6972 were:
Flying Officer Carleton Thompson Lane (J/4777) (RCAF) (Observer)
Sergeant Douglas Rowley-Blake (1052303) (RAFVR) (Second Pilot)
Sergeant Arnold Scott (925659) (RAFVR) (Wireless Air Gunner)
Sergeant Harold Frederick Stentiford (R/73201) (RCAF) (Wireless Air Gunner)
Pilot Officer Kenneth Monckton Tuckfield (62307) (RAF) (Pilot)
References:
Australian War Memorial Commemorative Roll On-Line Records
Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour On-Line Records (RAAF Casualty Information compiled by Alan Storr (409804))
Commonwealth War Graves Commission On-Line Records