Selwyn Khin

Selvyn James Khin was a Burmese airman who served with the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve during the Second World War.
He was born in Rangoon, the son of U Khin, and attended university there.Selwyn Khin, selwyn.org. Retrieved 20 August 2015. Khin attained the rank of flight lieutenant during the war, and served with 257 and 197 Squadrons, both equipped with the Hawker Typhoon. He married in 1943, to Kathleen Frost, with whom he would have two children.
On 14 April 1943, Khin was credited with the probable destruction of a Bf 109F, south of Portland.Foreman, John (2005), Raf Fighter Command Victory Claims, Volume 2, p. 233. He added to his tally on 15 October, when he shared the destruction of an Fw 190 and claimed the damaging of another on a fighter sweep over Brest.This day in the war in Europe 65 years ago, ww2aircraft.net. Retrieved 20 August 2015.
After the war, Khin returned home and transferred to the Burma Air Force. He was promoted to wing commander and, in 1949, became Chief of the Air Staff following the outbreak of the Karen rebellion. Khin died on 15 June 1950, when his aircraft crashed over Kentung during an operation in Shan State.Lintner, Bertil (1999), Burma in Revolt: Opium and Insurgency Since 1948, p. 114.
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Category:Birth Date Unknown
Category:1950 deaths
Category:Burmese military personnel
Category:Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Category:Buried in Burma
Category:Flight Lieutenants