66 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.

Killed in action 6 July 1942.

Kenneth was the son of William and Annie Clucas of 69 Clive Street Burnley. He was one of 4 brothers who served, including Phillip who was killed in the R.A.F., and Thomas, also of the R.A.F., who was a prisoner of war.

Kenneth joined the R.A.F., in 1940 and after nine months training in Rhodesia flew in support of the 8th Army in North Africa before returning to England in 1943. He went missing on 6 July 1943 on air operations over Europe. He had been on leave in Burnley only 2 weeks before. He was an old boy of Stoneyholme School and Burnley Grammar School and attended St Peter's Church. He was a keen sportsman and involved in amateur dramatics.

F/Sgt J.K. Clucas was the pilot of Typhoon No. DN.447 which was operating with 56 Squadron. The aircraft took off from RAF Matlask at 21.25 hrs on the 6 July 1943 to intercept enemy aircraft. While on the return journey the pilot of an accompanying aircraft saw F/Sgt Clucas being attacked by a German Focke Wulf 190. He saw several hits on DN.447 then he himself was attacked and chased back by two enemy aircraft. Nothing further was seen of DN.447, but a naval Rescue vessel from Great Yarmouth reported that a friendly fighter had been seen to dive into the sea at approximately 21.40hrs 30 miles east of Winterton.

His father was ex-Regimental Sergeant William Clucas who served with the Royal Welsh Fusiliers for 17 years in India and the Afghanistan frontier and died, aged 71 on 27 August 1951. William enlisted in Wrexham and was buried their with full military honours. He served in the Second World War as an officer in the Home Guard. He was formerly a weaver for Sir John Grey and later a clerk for Burnley Employment Exchange.

Commemorated on the Runneymede Memorial.