Keith Walker
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Keith Walker was the son of William and Annie Elisabeth Walker, of Worksop, Nottinghamshire.
Identification and research by Robert Ilett.
EINDHOVEN (WOENSEL) GENERAL CEMETERY Plot KK Grave 26
In March 1944 Keith Walker was serving in 44 Squadron based at R.A.F. Dunholme Lodge near to the village of Welton just off the A46 in Lincolnshire. 44 Squadron was the first to receive the new Avro Lancaster four engine bombers and it was in a Lancaster 1 ME672 KM-A in the enclosing gloom at 19.02 on 25 March 1944 that Keith, the wireless operator and an air gunner, with the other seven members in the crew under the command of Pilot Officer B.M. Hayes took off in an operation to bomb Berlin. The Lancaster was attacked by a German night- fighter over Holland and exploded crashing at Lage Miede 6 km NW of Bladel. Keith with five of his comrades was killed and they are buried in a cemetery at Eindhoven with an R.C.A.F. sergeant buried at the Canadian War Cemetery at Groesbeek. Another Canadian Sgt. M. Federoruk evaded capture.
Keith's parents had the following inscription inscribed on his headstone:
‘ONE SACRED TRINITY, ONE LORD DIVINE; MAY I BE EVER HIS
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