Spitfires from 54 and 616 Sqdn escort a bombing formation crossing towards Lille on the afternoon of 5 July. The Schlageter-Emils of the I.Gruppe show up. Both Oblt Priller and Lt Unzeitig take down two British aircraft above Dunkirk. Pilot Officer Kenward Knox (54 Sqdn) is hit and embarks on a long flight down, a flight that ends near the West Flemish village of Reningelst. Among the debris of the Spitfire Va with serial number R7222 is the lifeless body of the 23-year-old pilot.
He is buried in the British war cemetery of Reningelst, next to his fellow countrymen who died in the field hospital there during the First World War.
The wreck of the Spitfire R7222 (Pictures: Rate One)