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Ken Morgan
Royal New Zealand Air Force 161 Sqdn.
from:New Zealand
(d.5th Aug 1944)
Pilot Officer Ken Morgan (wireless operator) from New Zealand was assigned to 161 Squadron at Tempsford near Waterbeach. He was shot down and killed on 5th August 1944, age 21. My understanding is that they were to pick up some French resistance members but the French were late at the pickup point and their plane had to circle for a while, giving the German plane time to find them and shoot them down.
Ken is buried in Huiron Churchyard, Marne, France.