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FLTLT Robert James Kenyon 404836

Squadron/s453 SQN
457 SQN
130 SQN RAF
289 SQN RAF
Rank On Discharge/Death Flight Lieutenant (FLTLT)
Date of Birth29 Nov 1921
Date of Enlistment06 Dec 1940
Contributing Author/sPhil Listemann and David Hamilton
Vince Conant, 2013
The Spitfire Association

Robert was born on the 29/11/1921 at Toowoomba, Qld and enlisted 6/12/1940. He was posted to the reformed No 453 RAAF squadron in the UK and then to No 289 Squadron.

He did another tour in No 130 and No 234 finishing in November 1944. He was discharged 10/1/1947 from Eastern HQ.

Robert's Personal Record of Service tells the story of a "Journeyman". A pilot always on the move for 'whatever' reason. This extremely experienced pilot notched up 400 hours in Spitfires in his half-yearly report for 1944.



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

453 SQN

No. 453 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force was formed at Bankstown in New South Wales on 23 May 1941. Formed under Article XV of the Empire Air Training Scheme, the squadron w...

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457 SQN

457 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force, was formed at Baginton, near Coventry, in England on 16 June 1941 in accordance with Article XV of the Empire Air Training Scheme. Init...

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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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289 SQN RAF

289 Squadron formed at RAF Kirknewton on 17 November 1941 and was equipped with Lysanders and Blenheims, Hurricanes and Hudsons to provide practice for the anti-aircraft defence...

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