Frank McKenna (RAF officer)

Francis Peter McKenna
Birth nameFrancis Peter McKenna
NicknameFrank
Born(1906-02-28)28 February 1906
Accrington, Lancashire
Died14 June 1994(1994-06-14) (aged 88)
Blackpool, Lancashire
Allegiance United Kingdom
Branch Royal Air Force
Service years1943–1965
RankSquadron Leader
Service number189121
UnitSpecial Investigation Branch
ConflictsWorld War II
AwardsOrder of the British Empire
RelationsEunice Naomi - wife

Francis Peter McKenna OBE (28 February 1906 – 14 February 1994) was a British Royal Air Force service police detective, deputy to Wilfred Bowes who ran the Special Investigation Branch investigation into the murders of recaptured officers who had escaped in the 'Great Escape' from Stalag Luft III in March 1944. McKenna personally arrested over 20 of the "Gestapo" agents involved in the murders.

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