Joseph Robert "Joe" Kayll

27 June 1940 - King George decorates Acting Squadron Leader Joe Kayll, of Sunderland, with the Distinguished Service Order and Distinigushed Flying Cross for gallantry in France

RAF W/C - DSO, DFC

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P/O Peter Dixon of 607 Squadron & S/L Joe Kayll of 615 Squadron

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While leading the Hornchurch Wing in July 1941, Kayll was shot down and taken prisoner by the Germans. He was held at Oflag XXIB, Sagan & Stalag luft III and ended up doing some time with Niel Livingstone - Bussel (Major Parachute reg. & Direct descendant of Dr. David Livingstone [Africa] - that's him on the right ;^)

What they coudn't know then was that two of their children would marry and one of the products of that marrage would be Pete Kayll. Pete emailed me these pix from his laptop in Bagdad [where he is currently "taking care of business"] and plans to send more info on Joe when he can... might be a while ...

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--- English Aces ---

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On these pages I use info from the Air force Association of Canada's web site
in Hugh Halliday's excellent Honors & Awards section,
Newspaper articles via the Canadian Museum of Civilization Corporation (CMCC)
as well as other sources both published and private