Mission: Interception of enemy aircraft.
Date: 8th August 1940
Time: 11.40 a.m.
Unit: No.65 Squadron R.A.F. Hornchurch.
Type: Supermarine Spitfire
Serial No: K9911
Location: Manston, Kent, England.
Pilot: Sgt David Ian Kirton 550500 R.A.F. Age.21 – Killed.
REASON FOR LOSS:
David Kirton was shot down in flames during combat with Bf 109s over Manston. Crashed and burned out. It is believed that claimed by Oblt. Fronhöfer of 9./JG26.
Burial detail:
David Ian Kirton. Dover, St. James’s Cemetery; Sec. K.V. Grave 22. Son of James Hughes Kirton and of Violet Kathleen Kirton, of West Hampstead, London.
Page constructed by Alexander King, Researched by David King.
Grave of Sgt David Ian Kirton 550500 R.A.F.
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