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Sergeant Arthur
Henry Stroud - RAFVR |
| Sergeant Arthur
Stroud was serving as an Air Gunner on board Halifax
Mk. I L9560 coded TL-F during an operation to Berlin on
September 2, 1941. The aircraft departed Linton-on-Ouse at
2010hrs and some time later transmitted a signal to indicate
that the aircraft was on track and about to cross the enemy
coast. The aircraft failed to return, five of the seven men
aboard were killed, including Sgt Arthur Stroud.
The crew consisted of:
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Name |
Service |
Trade |
Hometown |
Age |
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P/O Douglas Fraser |
RAFVR |
Pilot |
Hythe,Kent |
19 |
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Sgt R.L.B.Beare - POW |
RAFVR |
Flight Engineer |
- |
- |
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Sgt Norman Willingham |
RAFVR |
Navigator |
Ipsden,Oxfordshire |
27 |
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P/O John Cushion |
RAFVR |
Bomb Aimer |
Andover, Hampshire |
21 |
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Sgt Denis Slater |
RAFVR |
W/Op/AG |
Allenton, Derby |
20 |
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Sgt Arthur Stroud |
RAFVR |
Air Gunner |
Chadwell Heath, Essex |
22 |
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Sgt E.Wilkinson - POW |
RAFVR |
Air Gunner |
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Sergeant
Arthur Henry Stroud RAFVR was the son of Benjamin and Alice Maud
Stroud of Chadwell Heath, Essex.He was known as "Gus" to
his firends and family.
The five crew who lost their lives rest in the
Berlin 1939-1945 War Cemetery.
Sergeant Beare became a pow in Camps 8B/L6/L4 (no 9569) and
Sergeant Wilkinson in camps 8B/L3/L6/357 (no 9597).
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Photo
courtesy of Pat Baker, family information courtesy of martin
Harper, research by Linda Ibrom.
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