Service number:

135413

Nationality:

British

Flying Officer Graves, Air Gunner, was posted to 619 Squadron from 1660 O.T.U. on 30 June 1943. He subsequently completed a tour of operations in the squadron on Lancaster aircraft with targets including Mulheim, Wuphertal, Gelsenkirchen, Cologne, Kassel, Berlin, Stuttgart, Schweinfurt, Salbris, Bourg-Leopold, Amiens, La Pernelle, Auchy Les Hesdin, Brest, Deelen, Le Havre, Darmstadt, and Ladbergen.

Promotions:
Sergeant
19 December, 1942: Pilot Officer (probation/emergency)
19 June, 1943: Flying Officer (probation/war sub)
24 April, 1947: Comission As Flight Lieutenant, extended service (four years on the active list, later 4 times extended to nine years)
6 april 1950: transfer to the Secretarial Branch
24 april 1956: transfer to the reserve
24 april 1960: relinquishes his commission

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Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

Flight Lieutenant

Unit:

No. 169 Squadron, Royal Air Force (No. 169 Squadron, Royal Air Force)

Awarded on:

March 23rd, 1945

Citation:
"Flying Officer Graves has completed a number of operations against the enemy, in the course of which he has invariably displayed the utmost fortitude, courage, and devotion to duty."

Probably at the time of the recommendation, Kenneth Graves was Flying Officer but the London Gazette states he was a Flight Lieutenant at the time of the publication.

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

With "FRANCE AND GERMANY" clasp.

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

• - Second Supplement to The London Gazette Issue 35966 published on the 2 April 1943
  - Fourth Supplement to The London Gazette Issue 36113 published on the 27 July 1943
  - Fourth Supplement to The London Gazette Issue 36997 published on the 20 March 1945
  - Second Supplement to The London Gazette Issue 37965 published on the 23 May 1947
  - Second Supplement to The London Gazette Issue 38906 published on the 9 May 1950
  - Second Supplement to The London Gazette Issue 39158 published on the 23 February 1951
  - Second Supplement to The London Gazette Issue 39850 published on the 8 May 1953
  - Second Supplement to The London Gazette Issue 40163 published on the 30 April 1954
  - Second Supplement to The London Gazette Issue 40385 published on the 14 January 1955
  - Second Supplement to The London Gazette Issue 40773 published on the 4 May 1956
  - Second Supplement to The London Gazette Issue 42010 published on the 15 April 1960
  - Chelsea Militaria Antiques