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FLGOFF Keith McKenzie Lowe 409420

HOLLAND. 1944-10-23. 409420 FLYING OFFICER K. M. LOWE, MELBOURNE, VIC, RAAF, OF SPITFIRE NO. 130 SQUADRON RAF, IN THE COCKPIT OF HIS AIRCRAFT ON AN AIRFIELD IN HOLLAND
Squadron/s130 SQN RAF
Rank On Discharge/Death Flying Officer (FLGOFF)
Mustering / SpecialisationPilot
Date of Birth06 Aug 1922
Contributing Author/sCompiled by Vince Conant
2016
The Spitfire Association


Date of birth - 06 Aug 1922
Place of birth - PRAHRAN VIC
Place of enlistment - MELBOURNE
Next of Kin - LOWE ERIC

Little else is known about Keith – He was a fine fighter pilot in a squadron with an enviable combat record.



LOWE, Keith McKenzie – (Flying Officer); Service Number – 409420; File type – Casualty – Repatriation; Aircraft – Spitfire RM315; Place – Sourbrodt, Belgium; Date – 16 January 1945
HOLLAND. 1944-10-16. RAAF MEMBERS, 414286 FLYING OFFICER (FO) D. J. WILSON, CHARLEVILLE, QLD (LEFT), AND 409420 FO K. M. LOWE, MELBOURNE, VIC, STANDING BY A SPITFIRE '14' OF NO. 130 SQUADRON RAF, ON AN AIRFIELD IN HOLLAND.
HOLLAND. 1944-10-16. GROUP PORTRAIT OF AIR CREWS OF NO. 130 (SPITFIRE) SQUADRON RAF OUTSIDE THEIR “OPS ROOM” STANDING BY A 3-TON TRUCK ON AN AIRFIELD
130 Sqn Spitfires at Ballyhalbert in Spring of 1943

Learn more about the squadron/s in which Keith served.

130 SQN RAF

No. 130 Squadron RAF reformed on 20 June 1941 at Portreath with Spitfires as a fighter Squadron and became operational on 21 July. Sweeps over north-west France, convoy patrols ...

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