Flight
Lieutenant Kenneth Freeland Sage
Royal
Canadian Air Force
Enlisted October 1939, and trained as a Pilot. He served with #135
Squadron in British Columbia.
While based in Holland with 439 Sqn he was killed on his second
mission of the day over enemy territory
on 24-DEC-1944 Listed initially as missing
in action, word was received on the 18 July 1945 that his body was found
and buried in in the First U.S. Military Cemetery located at Foy,
Belgium. F/L Sage was on his 9th operational mission of the war.
The
following entry is from 439's War Operations Record Book (Form 540): Fate
was against us on this day before Christmas. On the second operation
R74061 F/Sgt Wright W.A. was shot down by a Thunderbolt and is
presumed killed. On the same operation C.1191 A/F/L Ken Sage was also
attacked by a Thunderbolt as explained in the attached 541; and on the
last operation of the day he was hit by flak as a result of which he
is missing, presumed killed. This lanky pilot is married, has a
family, and has been in the RCAF since 9-10-39. he has done 9
operational sorties, totalling 10:15 hours and all told has 949:20
flying hours.
The
following entry is from 439's War Operations Record Book (Form 541): Ten
aircraft took-off this time to cover the battle area south of Aachen,
Germany. They were led by F/O Laurence and after climbing to 11,000
feet levelled out and flew towards the area south of Aachen where the
Squadron broke up into three sections. F/O
Laurence and his section descended to 3,000 feet and searched for
enemy transport. They were right over the battle line where great
artillery and armoured activity was going on beneath. Considerable
scattered MET was visible but all defended by concentrations of 20mm
and 40mm guns which proved very formidable. After attacking various
targets, they went down on some vehicles just outside the little
village of Schonberg, inside Belgium where terrific flak was
encountered. Red 3 (F/L Sage) received a hit between Mayan and Monreal,
west of Keblens and flicked on his back, then crashed into the deck,
burning up at map reference L.0579
Following
entry is from The
Canadian Virtual War Memorial website courtesy of
the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
C1191
F/L K.F. Sage was re- buried at HOTTON
WAR CEMETERY, Belgium. Grave Reference: VIII. F. 11.
Location:
HOTTON WAR CEMETERY is located 58 km south east of Namur. From Namur
the N4 leads onto the town of Marche en Famenne. On reaching Marche en
Famenne the N86 leads towards Hotton. On reaching Hotton, the cemetery
is located 500 meters on the N86 towards Menil.
Photo Source :
CANADIAN VIRTUAL WAR MEMORIAL
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