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Sergeant

Denys Arthur Keetley

Service number 747771
Military unit 53 Sqdn Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Address 15 Dover Street, Southwell, Nottinghamshire.
Date of birth
Date of death 18 Jul 1940 (22 years old)
Place of birth Unknown
Employment, education or hobbies

Solicitor's conveyance clerk

Family history

Son of the late William Ewart Keetley and of Ellen Keetley, of 15 Dover Street, Southwell, Nottinghamshire.

Military history

Blenheim R3661 failed to return after Armed Recce operation to Vlissingen, Zeeland. Shot down by a Messerschmitt Bf 109E piloted by Fw Georg Kiening I/JG54 (KIA 30/6/41) came down at Klemskerke into the mouth of the Scheldt River, Belgium.
Sgt George Exton - Son of George Kent and Susanna Emilie Exton of Gosport, Hampshire killed. Body was washed ashore; he was buried 14/08/1940 in Belgium. Reburied at Adegem Canadian War Cemetery, Oost-Vlaanderen, Belgium.
F/O John Mahony - Of Woodside, Fareham Park Road, Fareham, Hampshire.
Sgt Denys Keetley - Son of William Ewart Keetley and Ellen Keetley, of Southwell, Nottinghamshire both MIA.

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