Kenneth Howard Blincoe

Kenneth Howard Blincoe was a New Zealander Royal Air Force pilot officer, service number 412194, whose wartime career is traced through casualty and official award records. His decorations recorded here include the DFC, gazetted on 20 April 1945. The Gazette citation points to operational service that the Air Ministry judged notable for qualities such as skill, courage, leadership or sustained determination. He died on 3 February 1943, aged 33. He is commemorated or buried at Amersfoort (Oud Leusden) General Cemetery in Netherlands. For many RAF casualties the surviving official trail is brief, but the combination of service number, CWGC commemoration and Gazette notices preserves the essentials of his story. Those records show not only the bare fact of his death, but also that his service had been formally recognised during the war itself. His name is therefore carried here with the service details needed to distinguish him from namesakes. This profile therefore keeps to the verifiable outline: who he was, the rank and number under which he served, how his service was honoured, and where he is remembered.