215 www.on.legion.ca KING, Robert Clarence Robert Clarence King, the son of John and Agnes King, was born on September 2, 1921 in Erin Township, Wellington County, Ontario. Robert, known by his second name Clarence, enlisted in the RCAF (Regular Force) in the summer of 1942. It was recognized that Clarence had promising skills and initially was sent to the Toronto Danforth Technical School. He then was posted to the RCAF No. 1 Technical Training School in St. Thomas, Ontario which specialized in training aircraft electricians and instrument mechanics. In January 1943, Clarence was stationed at the RCAF No. 2 Wireless Training School in Calgary, which operated under the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan. On the move, Clarence was posted to one of the three BCATP bases in Prince Edward Island. With his technical skills, Clarence was often called upon to repair the Link electromechanical simulators which were essential for training pilots in instrument flight. Clarence’s final move was to the RCAF base at Malton, Ontario. Clarence was discharged upon demobilization in the latter part of 1945. With other local veterans, he was honoured at the Marsville School on September 24, 1945. Robert Clarence King passed away on June 8, 2008 and rests in the Huxley Cemetery at Hillsburgh, Ontario. KINGSBOROUGH, George Cameron George was born in Coldwater, Ontario on May 8, 1911, the son of James and Mary (Ramsbottom) Kingsborough. After high school, he worked at the family hardware store in Coldwater until he enrolled with the Royal Canadian Air Force (Regular Force) on June 12, 1942. He first trained as aircrew at No. 1 Service Flying Training School at Camp Borden, Ontario, and then took Navigator training at No. 10 Air Observer School in Chatham, NB. He served overseas in the United Kingdom and France from May 1944 to April 1945, including a full tour (30 sorties) of operational flying on Douglas Boston aircraft with No. 88 Squadron Royal Air Force part of No. 137 Wing. He was commissioned as Flying Officer in November 1944. With the war in Europe over, he was discharged in Canada on June 18, 1945. Settling back in the Coldwater area, he married Barbara Edna (Warren) in 1951, and together they had two daughters. The family continued to operate the hardware store in Coldwater. George was a long-time member of The Royal Canadian Legion Coldwater Branch 270. He passed away on June 5, 1988. He was laid to rest in the Coldwater Cemetery. KITELEY, Frank Christopher Nugent Frank “Dick” Christopher Nugent Kiteley was born in Clifton, England, to Frank Kiteley and Teresa Nugent in 1914. He immigrated to Canada in 1921 and lived on his parent’s dairy farm in Toronto Township, Peel County, near what is now Dixie and Hwy 401. Little else is known about his life until such time as he enlisted with the RAF (Regular Force) at the start of World War II. He reached the rank of Flight Sergeant and was on the record as being “quite an experienced pilot”, flying Wellington bombers with 20th Operational Training Unit. On September 27, 1941, he was returning from a cross-country flight to their base at Lossiemouth, Scotland with a full crew on board, when there was an accident. The Pilot and Co-Pilot were sharing roles on a third attempt at landing and the aircraft crashed in a dispersal area and hit another parked Wellington and a petrol ‘Bowser’ which resulted in a fatal fire, which was fatal for all the crew except the rear gunner. The accident report suggests that there was some miscommunication regarding flaps and throttle. Dick and most of the rest of the crew are buried in Lossiemouth Burial Ground, Scotland. We Will Remember Them Ontario Command
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