Date of Birth
21 July, 1920
College
Borough Road College
Service number
1529018
WW2 rank
Flight Sergeant
99 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Theatre of war
Burma
Date of death
29 November, 1943
Location of death
Burma
Buried/memorial
Singapore Memorial
Awards/Honours
Biography
Flight Sergeant Kenneth Hawkins studied at Borough Road College from 1939 to 1941. Soon after his graduation he joined the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserved and was sent to Burma. On 29th November 1943 Flight Sergeant Hawkins was sent as a navigator on a Wellington Bomber to carry out a mission against Rangoon. It is believed that they were successful in their mission but they never returned to base.
Sources
The Commonwealth War Graves Commission
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