FOR DRIVER - The British Empire Medal has been awarded to Leading Aircraftwoman KATHLEEN LUCY McKINLAY, Women's Auxiliary Air Force, Squadron, of Maghull, Liverpool. One day in 1944, during the course of one hour, some 50 shells fell in the Dover area and damage and casualties were sustained at the Squudron's headquarters; the Medical Officer was killed. Leading Aircraftwoman McKinley, a motor driver, although wounded in the right hand and left thigh, acted as ambulance driver and succeeded in removing all the casualties. This necessitated several journeys under shell fi
FOR DRIVER - The British Empire Medal has been awarded to Leading Aircraftwoman KATHLEEN LUCY McKINLAY, Women's Auxiliary Air Force, Squadron, of Maghull, Liverpool. One day in 1944, during the course of one hour, some 50 shells fell in the Dover area and damage and casualties were sustained at the Squudron's headquarters; the Medical Officer was killed. Leading Aircraftwoman McKinley, a motor driver, although wounded in the right hand and left thigh, acted as ambulance driver and succeeded in removing all the casualties. This necessitated several journeys under shell fire to an hospital some 1 1/2 miles away. It was not until the shell fire had ceased and all casualties had received attention that Leading ACW McKinley could be persuaded to have her own injuries attended to. See BULLETIN Picture (issued 1945) shows - LEADING AIRCRAFTWOMAN KATHLEEN McKINLAY. Photographic negative , Royal Air Force
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