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Name: Arthur Willan Keen
Military Cross (MC) Arthur William Keen
Country: England
Rank: Major
Service: Royal Flying Corps
Royal Air Force
Units: 40, 70
Victories: 14
Born: 20 March 1895
Place of Birth: Edgbaston, Birmingham, Warwickshire, England
Died: 2 September 1918
Place of Death: France
 
 
The son of Arthur Thomas and Isabel Charlotte Eliza (Willan) Keen, 2nd Lieutenant Arthur Willan Keen received Royal Aero Club Aviator's Certificate 2298 on a Maurice Farman biplane at military school, Catterick Bridge on 17 January 1916. Later that year, he scored his first victory flying the Sopwith 1½ Strutter with 70 Squadron. Posted to 40 Squadron in 1917, he claimed thirteen more victories flying Nieuport scouts and the S.E.5a. Keen was severely burned in a flying accident on 15 August 1918 and died on 12 September 1918.

Listed as Arthur William Keen in some secondary sources.
Great Britain, Royal Aero Club Aviators' Certificates, 1910-1950
 
Military Cross (MC)
T./Capt. Arthur Willan Keen, Gen. List and R.F.C.
   For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. He has shown the greatest gallantry and skill in aerial fighting, and his daring in leading offensive patrols into favourable positions for attack has been the means of many hostile aircraft being destroyed and driven down.
Supplement to the London Gazette, 16 August 1917 (30234/8373)
 
Victories
Date Time Unit Aircraft Opponent Location
1 28 Aug 1916 1800 70 Sopwith 1½ Strutter (A3432) 1 Fokker D.II (OOC) Bapaume
2 01 May 1917 1245 40 Nieuport (B1633) Albatros D.III (DES) 2 E of Douai
3 12 May 1917 1840 40 Nieuport (B1633) Albatros C (OOC) Oignies
4 15 Jun 1917 2015 40 Nieuport (A6771) Albatros D.III (DESF) Vitry
5 25 Jun 1917 1855 40 Nieuport (B1686) Albatros D.III (OOC) NE of Douai
6 02 Jul 1917 1155 40 Nieuport (B1686) Albatros D.V (OOC) SE of Lens
7 09 Aug 1917 1000 40 Nieuport (B3465) DFW C (OOC) Beaumont
8 09 Aug 1917 1950 40 Nieuport (B3465) Albatros D.V (OOC) Oppy
9 12 Aug 1917 1030 40 Nieuport (B3465) DFW C (DES) N of Douai
10 12 Aug 1917 1945 40 Nieuport (B3465) Albatros D.V (DES) Lens
11 15 Aug 1917 0930 40 Nieuport (B3465) Albatros D.V (DESF) 4 mi NE of Lens
12 15 Aug 1917 0930 40 Nieuport (B3465) Albatros D.V (OOC) NE of Lens
13 30 Jun 1918 1240 40 S.E.5a (D6122) Fokker DR.I (DESF) Beauchamps
14 09 Aug 1918 1650 40 S.E.5a (D6122) Albatros D.V (DESF) Brie

1 Observer Capt F G Glenday
2 Shared with Capt D C Rutter & AM1 A W Cant (A8221)
 
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