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Kenward, Vivian Frederick Roy

Date of birth:
(Hucclecote/Gloucestershire)
Nationality:
British (1801-present, Kingdom)

Biography

Service number 141269.

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Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Acting Flight Lieutenant
Unit:
No. 76 Squadron, Royal Air Force
Awarded on:
August 13th, 1943
Recommendation:
"This Officer has completed 29 sorties as a Bomb Aimer and flown for a total of 184 operational hours. He has made several attacks against the heaviest defended targets including Berlin, Bremen, two to Hamburg, three to Italy and six to the Ruhr. He has been extremely successful in obtaining a very high number of good photographs and holds first place on the Squadron record ladder. This Officer possesses a fine offensive spirit and setting his mind on the task in hand has always directed his aircraft skilfully into the target despite the most intense flak opposition. His tenacity and unconquerable spirit of determination to achieve his object, has always been a source of inspiration to the whole Squadron. He is recommended for the award of the Distinguished Flying Cross."
Distinguished Flying Cross (DFC)
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Acting Flight Lieutenant
Unit:
No. 582 Squadron, Royal Air Force
Awarded on:
March 23rd, 1945
Distinguished Flying Cross (DFC)
Recommendation:
"Flight Lieutenant Kenward is visual Bomb Aimer to a very successful Marker crew, who have on a number of occasions been detailed as Deputy Master Bomber. Now on his second tour, Flight Lieutenant Kenward is an exceptionally keen and able Bomb Aimer with a high sense of responsibility and unfaltering determination. He is strongly recommended for a non-immediate award of a Bar to the Distinguished Flying Cross."


Second DFC awarded as a bar for on the ribbon of the first DFC.

Sources

  • - Third Supplement to The London Gazette Issue 36131 published on the 10 August 1943
    - Fourth Supplement to The London Gazette Issue 36997 published on the 20 March 1945
    - Dix Noonan Webb

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