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Colin Frederick PENFOLD (1917-1944)Tree018:002

Name:	Colin Frederick PENFOLD 1
ONS Reference:	Tree018:002
Sex:	Male
Record Id:	3662
Father:	Frederick Cuthbert PENFOLD (1890-1964)
Mother:	Lucie Rosina Hartelow BRUNT (1892-1984)

Individual Events and Attributes

Birth	9 Nov 1917	Christchurch. NZ
Death	23 Apr 1944 (age 26)	Holland.
Burial		Eindhoven military cemetery

Marriage

Spouse

(unknown)

Individual Note (shared)

Colin was a top competitive tennis player before the war. He volunteered for the air force in 1941 and subsequently joined the RAF in England in 1942. He became pilot of Halifax bombers and flew over 30 operations before being shot down and killed over Holland in the course of a raid on Dusseldorf. He was awarded the DFC posthumously.

Sources

1	"Bruce Penfold [Tree018]". Record originated in Bruce Penfold's Gedcom file