MCKEOWN, Kevin Timothy

Rank: 
Lieutenant
Unit / Base: 
'3 Commando Brigade, Royal Marines'
Regiment/Corps: 
Royal Marines
Service: 
Royal Navy
Number: 
N028942K
Born: 
Wednesday, July 20, 1949
Died : 
Wednesday, September 17, 1986
Died in service
Age: 
37
Lieutenant Kevin McKeown RM in an aircraft accident. He was a member of the newly reformed Army Air Corps Eagles helicopter display team [1][2][3]
Extract from Flight International 
A British Army Air Corps Westland Lynx AH.l crashed near Perpignan in the French Pyrenees on September 17. The crew, Lt Kevin McKeown (Royal Marines), WO Graham Reed (AAC), and WO Brian Ives (AAC), were killed [4].
 
Sources
[1] AFM ROH.
[2] RM Historical Timeline online, ref. 1986/345.
[3] Flight International magazine 28 June 1986, p14.
[4] Flight International magazine 18 October 1986.
 
Primary Roll of Honour: 

Ask Questions / Add Information / Add Photos

Use the Archive Forum for research enquiries, or to add information or photos. [register now]
Read some frequently asked questions here [FAQ's].
Contact the Archive via the [contact form].
 
All content is researched and administered by the Commando Veterans Archive.