At
06.40 on the 21st August 1944 HMS Kite was hit on the
starboard side aft by two torpedoes from German U
boat U344. Kite was the third ship Jimmy had served
on, the previous two also having been torpedoed,
however this time he was not lucky enough to be one
of the fourteen survivors picked up by HMS Keppel.
The U boat did not get away with it, at 08 - 30 hrs
on 22nd August 1944 she was bombed by a Fairey
Swordfish plane and sunk with all hands lost, the
pilot was Gordon Bennett.
Casualties
on HMS Kite were 217
Jimmy's
body was never recovered. His resting place is off
Greenland at (D/R) 73- 01N 03- 57E. He was 21 years
old.
We
dont have any info on Tommy so if you know his
family,please contact me.
May you both rest in
peace
