Mission: Interception of enemy aircraft.
Date: 8th August 1940
Time: 11.40 a.m.
Unit: No.65 Squadron R.A.F. Hornchurch.
Type: Supermarine Spitfire
Serial No: K9911
Location: Manston, Kent, England.
Pilot: Sgt David Ian Kirton 550500 R.A.F. Age.21 – Killed.
Date: 8th August 1940
Time: 11.40 a.m.
Unit: No.65 Squadron R.A.F. Hornchurch.
Type: Supermarine Spitfire
Serial No: K9911
Location: Manston, Kent, England.
Pilot: Sgt David Ian Kirton 550500 R.A.F. Age.21 – Killed.
REASON FOR LOSS:
David Kirton was shot down in flames during combat with Bf 109s over Manston. Crashed and burned out. It is believed that claimed by Oblt. Fronhöfer of 9./JG26.
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Burial detail:
David Ian Kirton. Dover, St. James’s Cemetery; Sec. K.V. Grave 22. Son of James Hughes Kirton and of Violet Kathleen Kirton, of West Hampstead, London.
Researched and compiled by Melvin Brownless, August 2013 in memory of David Kirton.