LEST WE FORGET
Sergeant Kenneth Victor WILLIAMS
Service No: 400264
Born: Fairfield VIC, 16 September 1915
Enlisted in the RAAF: 21 July 1940
Unit: No. 452 Squadron
Died: Aircraft Accident (No. 452 Squadron Spitfire aircraft P8716), near RAF Station Kenley, 7 September 1941, Aged 25 Years
Buried: Whyteleafe (St Luke) Cemetery, Surrey, UK
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Arthur John and Ethel May Williams, of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Roll of Honour: Fairfield VIC
Remembered: Panel 105, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
On 7 September 1941, a Spitfire flown by Sergeant Hanigan, and a Spitfire flown by Sergeant Williams collided near Kenley, Surrey, and both Pilots were killed.
The Pilots were:
Sergeant James Neate Hanigan (402120) (Pilot)
Sergeant Kenneth Victor Williams (400264) (Pilot P8716)
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 A705, 163/178/198