Sergeant Pilot 1509442 Kenneth Boardman Astall
Regiment: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Theatre of War: Home
Age at death: 21
Date of death: 2nd of July 1943
Born: St Helens, Lancs
Resided: St Helens, Lancs
Burial / Memorial: St Helens Cemetery
BMD details:
Birth: 2nd Qtr 1922 Kenneth B Astall - Vol 8b - Page 1484. Buried 07/07/1943
Family details:
Son of Harold and Florence Astall, of St. Helens.
Census details:
1939 Register. Unfortunately Kenneth B and one other member of the household are redacted. Father Harold Astall born 18/08/1891 a Civil Servant Of Labour Ministry and mother Florence Astall born 20/06/1894 an Unpaid Domestic are living at 9 Fairfield Road, St Helens.
02/07/1943 Oxford MP281 of 6 PAFU crashed near the guardroom at Moreton-in-Marsh. Sgt K B Astall was killed.
The Airspeed AS.10 Oxford, was a training aircraft employed by the RAF in World War 2.
No.6 (Pilot) Advanced Flying Unit, RAF Chipping Norton, was a Pilot Training establishment in Oxfordshire.
Ft.Sgt Astall was accidentally killed when his Oxford Trainer crashed close to Morton-In-Marsh Oxfordshire. There were no other casualties and his body was recovered for burial.
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[pic]imgs/S1PWHYAOTV/1509442AstallKB.jpg[/pic][caption]The headstone of Sergeant Pilot Kenneth Boardman Astall at St Helens Cemetery
(Photo courtesy of Jeff Keenan)[/caption]
