Kenneth Gordon "Ken" Rayment, DFC (11 March 1921 – 15 March 1958) was a British pilot and decorated Second World War flying ace. On 6 February 1958, he was the co-pilot of BEA flight 609 that was to carry the Manchester United football team and journalists from West Germany to England but which crashed on take-off; this became known as the Munich air disaster. Rayment survived the crash but died five weeks later of his injuries.
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11 March 1921 Wanstead, Essex, England
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15 March 1958 (aged 37) Rechts der Isar Hospital, Munich, West Germany
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