KEN SHANNON.
Kenneth Albert Shannon was born in Barnet, Middlesex, England on 7 Jan 1921 to John Albert Shannon and Mary Ellen Kinnaird. Kenneth Albert Shannon married Daphne Eileen Bishop. He passed away on 12 Jun 2007 in Maryborough, Vic, Australia.
Name: Shannon, K. A.
Service number: 623715
Air force: RAF
Camp: 357
POW number: 1612
Target Gelsenkirchen
P/O G. A. Gagnon J/17025 RCAF and crew, flying Halifax V DK-180 coded ZL-R, failed to return from this operation.
P/O Gerald Alban Gagnon J/17025 RCAF Buried Bergen general Cemetery
Sgt K. A. Shannon RAF-POW
F/O R. J. Frost RCAF-POW J/13420 Camp L3
Sgt C. R. Page RCAF-POW R/114415 Camp L6
Sgt J. Hoolen RCAF-POW R/108426 L6 This airman may be J R Hooley
Sgt C. R. Munson RCAF-POW R/116469 Camp L3
Sgt A. A. McKinnon RCAF-POW R/104179
One crew member was killed and six POWs after being shot down by a nightfighter.
Sources: Internet.