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K. C. Millar |
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Full Names |
Rank /Unit |
Years at Q.E.G.S. |
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Kenneth Charles Millar |
Flying Officer |
1936 |
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Date / Place of Birth |
Date / Place of Death |
Age at Death |
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1924 Critchel House |
Sunday 4th of March 1945 |
21 |
He was the son of John & Margaret Millar and his home was "The Pines", Boveridge Road, Cranborne. However, their address was 'Critchel House' at the time he died. It is not known whether they lived in the main house or a dwelling in the grounds.
Ken took a part in the School Concert on the 16th & 17th of December 1938, when he was in Form Va. He acted as 'Mr. Perkins', in a playlet, "The Grand Cham's Diamonds", in which it was reported that, '...he acted the part of a perplexed and worried husband, very well.' Kenneth gained his School Certificate in the Summer of 1939 and could have enlisted fairly shortly afterwards, certainly, by the early summer of 1940 he was in the Royal Air Force.
He is thought to have quickly volunteered for aircrew duties since, by the end of 1941, he was a Leading Aircraftsman, which probably recognised that he had completed his ground school training. Some of his service took place in North Africa and he was awarded a commission on his return to the U.K.
His aircrew trade was Bomb Aimer, although the squadron in which he served is not known. When he was killed, he was flying in a Lancaster Mk. lll of No. 1651 Heavy Conversion Unit. Ken was the only officer and probably the most experienced member of the crew. Aircraft from training establishments were sometimes drawn into operational service and that was the situation on the first weekend in March 1945.
On 3-
Dortmund-
Nearly 200 German JU88 night-
At the time of his death, the School Magazine recorded that, "He will be remembered as a keen and cheerful boy, who always gave of his best to the School."
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