Willie McKnight, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Canadian flying ace
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Place of Birth: Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
About Willie McKnight
- William Lidstone "Willie" McKnight (18 November 1918 - 12 January 1941) DFC & Bar of 242 Squadron was the second Canadian ace and that country's fifth-highest scoring ace of the Second World War. McKnight joined the RAF in early 1939 and served in No.
- 242 Squadron RAF during the final phase of the Battle of France, covering the Allied retreat from Brittany, and later the Battle of Britain. McKnight's aircraft wore a distinct cartoon of a jackboot kicking Adolf Hitler on the port side of the engine cowling.
- His Hurricane also carried a human skeleton image which held a sickle in its hand under the cockpit, on both sides of the aircraft.
- McKnight scored 17 victories, as well as two shared and three unconfirmed kills.
- McKnight was shot down and killed on 12 January 1941 during a fighter sweep over Calais.
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