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454 and 459 RAAF Squadrons
Flying Officer Kenneth Ebenezer ADAMSON
454 RAAF Squadron
Service Number 409785
Place of Birth: Fitzroy, VIC
Date of Birth: 13/10/1919
Date of Enlistment: 10/10/1941
Place of Enlistment: Melbourne, VIC
Killed in Action: 29/11/1943
Buried: Alamein Memorial, Egypt
Rank: Flight Sergeant
Posting at death: HQ RAF
Roll of Honour: Ivanhoe, VIC
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Crew - FA602:
Pilot: Ken Adamson - Flying Officer
Nav: Art Milligan - Flying Officer
WOP/AG: Gordon Marland - Flight Sergeant
WOP/AG: Fred Pritchard - Flight Sergeant
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The following information has been used with permission from Mark Lax the author of the book "Alamein to the Alps".
November 1943
"The final loss for the month was Flying Officer Ken Adamson and crew of FA 602 on their operational sortie. Briefed to carry out a photo recce of shipping routes along the Eastern coast of Greece and the islands of the western Aegean, the crew made a sighting report after which nothing further was heard. While Squadron members could only speculate on cause and wait for notification from the Red Cross, the aircraft was in fact shot down by a Me-109F west of the island of Cos.
November was to be put down as a 'hard month', with the loss of four valuable crews, all killed in action. The allies too had suffered a reverse of fortune with the German recapture of Cos, Leros and Samos and with their loss went Chrchill's grand plan to force a push into Greece and the Balkans. The month was spent almost entirely on Aegean reconnaissance, while December would see the year out with further recces and anti-submarine work and unfortunately, four more losses. The first two went within a week and would greatly shock the squadron."
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