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MGC Keeley RN
Squadron: 829
Ship/Air Station: HMS Formidable
Captured: 18.2.1941
Escaped: 
Released: after Massawa taken 
Died/Killed: 

POW Details:

Capture details POW details Release
Wynne-Roberts, DRM Mid, Keeley, MGC Sub Lt, and L/A WM Brown  TAG 829 sqdn albacore. Failed to return to HMS Formidable after a  torpedo attack on Massawa. All taken  POW on 18.2.41.  POW  All were released after Massawa was re-taken by the Allies. 
 

 
JM Keene-Miller RN
Squadron: 808 a/c, Commander Flying at RNAS Lee-on-Solent
Ship/Air Station: RNAS Lee on Solent 
Captured: 7.6.1944
Escaped: 
Released: 
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Capture details POW details Release
Keene-Miller, JM Cdr, Commander Flying at RNAS Lee-on-Solent, flying  a 808 sqdn a/c, FTR 7.6.1944 to Lee on Solent. Was shot down by Bf109s over Normandy. Taken POW the day after D-Day.  German POW  1945
 

 
AP Keep RN
Squadron: 827
Ship/Air Station: 
Captured: 30.7.1941
Escaped: 
Released: 
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POW Details:

Capture details POW details Release
Myles, D Sub Lt, Keep, AP Sub Lt, Griffon, HCG L/A TAG 827 albacore sqdn. FTR after Kirkenes raid, shot down in torpedo attack on ships anchored in Bokfjord, crashed East of Reinoy. All taken POW 30.7.41. The albacore (N4389) tail was salvaged to the FAA Museum 1984.  German POW 1945
 

 
NH Kemspon RN
Squadron: 826
Ship/Air Station: Hal Far, Malta 
Captured: 11.12.1942? 
Escaped: 
Released: 
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POW Details:

Capture details POW details Release
Kemspon, NH Sub Lt and Manning, JC Sub Lt 826 albacore sqdn. FTR Hal Far 11.12.1942, force landed in sea. Manning, JC Sub Lt killed and Kempson rescued after surviving in dinghy for 9 days. Found 51 miles southeast of Malta, picked up from dinghy by HMS Hebe 9 days later.  POW? 
 

 
EB Kiddell RN
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Kiddell, EB Sub Lt and Burt, HWV L/A 825 swordfish sqdn. On 2.7.1940 FTR shot down over Schiphol during attack on barges at Rotterdam. Burt, HWV L/A was killed and EB Kiddell taken POW.  German POW  1945
 

 
KR King TAG
Squadron: 22.9.1940
Ship/Air Station: HMS Furious
Captured: 
Escaped: 
Released: 1941 
Died/Killed: 

POW Details:

Capture details POW details Release
Wiggington, BF Sub t and King, KR TAG 801 skua sqdn FTR HMS Furious 22.9.1940 after a raid on Trondheim. Force landed in river, near Ramsele, Sweden. Interned in Sweden. Interned Sweden  Released 1941 
 

 
RGD Kite RN
Squadron: 813
Ship/Air Station: HMS Eagle 
Captured: 1.9.1940
Escaped: 
Released: 
Died/Killed: 

POW Details:

Capture details POW details Release
Lockwood, EW Lt, Kite, RGD Sub Lt, and Simpson, S  L/A TAG 813 sqdn HMS Eagle. FTR 1.9.40 in the Mediterranean when lost on a long search. All POW after 8 days in dinghy.  POW 
 

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