On the 25th of the month Holland attacked a He 111, which caught fire. A parachute appeared and he went in for a closer look but was shot down by a gunner in the Heinkel. The Spitfire crashed near Church Farm, Woolverton, Somerset. Holland was found to have been shot in the head. The Heinkel crashed at Church Farm. Four of the crew were killed, only the pilot baling out and being captured.
Kenneth Holland was cremated at Weymouth Crematorium. Mr “Toby” Ripley, who had acted as his guardian in England, had a memorial stone placed near the site of the crash. In 1976 the stone was moved by the farmer. It is now on a grass verge opposite the Red Lion Inn, Woolverton, close to the village war memorial.
