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Bagley, Arthur Eddie (Sergeant)

Killed in Action 1943-April-02

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Birth Date: unkown date (age unknown)

Service
RAF
Unit
57 (B) Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
Corpus Non Animum Muto I change my body, not my spirit
Base
RAF Scampton
Rank
Sergeant
Marshal
Air Chief MarshalA/C/M
Air MarshalA/M
Air Vice MarshalA/V/M
Air CommodoreA/C
Group CaptainG/C
Wing CommanderW/C
Squadron LeaderS/L
Flight LieutenantF/L
Flying OfficerF/O
Pilot OfficerP/O
Warrant Officer 1st ClassWO1
Warrant Officer 2nd ClassWO2
Flight SergeantFS
SergeantSGT
CorporalCPL
Senior AircraftmanSAC
Leading AircraftmanLAC
Aircraftman 1st ClassAC1
Aircraftman 2nd ClassAC2
Position
Navigator
Service Numbers
1236213

Took off from Scampton at 20:07 in Lancaster Mk I (Sqn code DX-O Bomber Command) on an operation to Saint-Nazaire France.

Aircraft coned by searchlights and shot down by flak, during a raid on the Saint-Nazaire, France U-Boat pens.

Killed includes Bagley: Flight Sergeant Calvin Warren Dahl RCAF R/102105 KIA Pont-Du-Cens Communal Cemetery, Plot L Row B Coll Grave 16-18. Pilot Officer Robert Leslie Pickup RAF 144185 Pilot KIA Pont-Du-Cens Communal Cemetery, Plot L Row B Coll Grave 16-18. Sergeant Roland William Lea RAF 577749 KIA Pont-Du-Cens Communal Cemetery, Plot L Row B Coll Grave 16-18. Sergeant Henry Philip Hunter RAFVR 1332920 KIA Pont-Du-Cens Communal Cemetery, Plot L Row B Coll Grave 16-18. Sergeant William Geoffrey Barnes RAFVR 1379802 KIA Pont-Du-Cens Communal Cemetery, Plot L Row B Coll Grave 16-18. Sergeant Kenneth Arthur Tester RAFVR 1397311 KIA Pont-Du-Cens Communal Cemetery, Plot L Row B Coll Grave 16-18.

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Target
Google MapSaint-Nazaire France

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