In Memory Of

McKENDRY, DENIS CHARLES JAMES

Service Details
Age:
 22
Date of Birth:
 1921-04-27
Service No:
 155542
Rank:
 Pilot Officer
Unit:
 83 Sqdn.
Regiment:
 Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Date of Death:
 1944-01-03
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, Lancaster III JB453, on the night of 2nd Janaury 1944, they set out in a ninety-mile-an-hour gale on a special mission over Berlin, and, having achieved their objective, were on the way home when the wireless operator sent out a message stating that they were taking ice at 8000 ft and could not make base. The last news heard of the crew was that they were ready to bale out. Death was presumed on 3rd January 1944.
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
 Coll. grave 6. A. 18-23.
Cemetery:
 BERLIN 1939-1945 WAR CEMETERY
Localitly:
 Berlin, Berlin
Country:
 Germany
Additional Information
Son of John Harrison McKendry and Agnes Ninnie Maria (nee Groth) McKendry. Born Johannesburg. Educated Parktown Boys' High School, Johannesburg. Ex-Cadet of the South African Training Ship General Botha. Cadet Draft 1937-8. In 1940 Denis James McKEndry joined the RAF and was eventually posted to the position of navigator in a Lancaster bomber, 83 Squadron, as Flying Officer.