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
Southwell, Nottinghamshire.
Employment, education or hobbies
Solicitor's conveyance clerk.
- Family History
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Family history
Son of the late William Ewart Keetley and of Ellen Keetley, of 15 Dover Street, Southwell, Nottinghamshire.
Military history
Blenheim R3661 RAF Detling, Kent, 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.
Extra information
Also lost;
Sgt George Exton - Son of George Kent and Susanna Emilie Exton of Gosport, Hampshire killed. Only crew member whose 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.
Photographs
Photo of Denys Arthur Keetley