Blair, Kenneth Hughes

Date of birth:: February 18th, 1918 (Heaton Moor/Greater Manchester, United Kingdom)
Date of death:: October 31st, 1953 (RAF Lindholme, United Kingdom)
Nationality:: British

Biography

June 1943: Squadron Leader
October 1943: Acting Wing Commander

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Distinguished Flying Cross (DFC)

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:: Flying Officer
Unit:: No. 85 Squadron, Royal Air Force
Awarded on:: May 31st, 1940

"This officer has shown exceptional keenness both before and during the present operations. He has engaged successfully two enemy bomber aircraft, viz., at dawn, one day in May, when he succeeded in being the first off the ground in pursuit of a Heinkel, and at dusk on the same day, when he successfully attacked another Heinkel between Arras and Vitry. He had a very narrow escape when a bomb landed within 20 yards of a room in which he was sleeping. He was badly shaken, but insisted on volunteering and taking part in a patrol over Maastricht, when he engaged two Messerschmitt 109's."