Date of birth:

(St. Helens/Lancashire, Great Britain)

Date of death:

June 6th, 1944

Service number:

619406

Nationality:

British

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Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

Flight Sergeant

Unit:

No. 83 Squadron, Royal Air Force

Awarded on:

November 6th, 1942

Citation:
"This airman has completed many operational sorties as wireless operator, nearly all of which have been on heavily defended targets in Germany and two particularly hazardous attacks in riayl.ight on Danzig
and Essen. Fit. Sgt. Kijto has been in many perilous situations and in September, 1942, was very seriously wounded by machine-gun fire."

• - Third Supplement to The London Gazette Issue 35773 published on the 3 November 1942
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