Parsons, Arthur Edward (Flying Officer)

Killed in Action 1943-May-01

Flying Officer Arthur Edward Parsons RCAF

Birth Date: 1916

Born:

Parents: Son of Arthur Edwin and Olive Sarah Parsons, of Sarnia, Ontario, Canada.

Spouse:

Home: Sarnia, Ontario

Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: unkown date

Service

RCAF

Unit

77 (B) Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
Esse Potius Quam Videri To be, rather than to seem

Base

Elvington

Rank

Flying Officer

Position

Navigator

Service Numbers

J/11636

Home
Google MapSarnia, Ontario
Target
Google MapEssen Germany
Final Burial
Google MapGeneral Cemetery
Row E Grave 8
77 Squadron (Esse Potius Quam Videri). Halifax II aircraft JB 803 KN-G lost to a night fighterwhile engaged in night operations over Holland. Flight Sergeant T.D. Scarff, Sgt(s) I.D. Crawford (RAF), L. Hannam (RAF), R. Shepherd (RAF), and G. Watson (RAF) were also killed. Sergeant W.R. Louth (RAF) missing. The area of the crash is now reclaimed (ie, drained) land. Addendum: - The squadron was based at Elvington when Halifax aircraft JB 803-G went missing during night operations to Essen. The seventh member of the crew killed was Sgt. W.R. Louth (RAF). Sergeant Louth's name is inscribed on the Runnymede War Memorial, the other six members of the crew are all buried at Muiden in graves E.G80 to E.G85. Detail from "Some of the Many" by Roy Walker, Kent, England.

Canada Source Canadian Virtual War Memorial

Canada Primary Source Library and Archives Canada Service Files (may not exist)