Arksey, Walter Lynwood (Pilot Officer)
Killed in Action 1944-June-11
Birth Date: 1923-March-14
Born:
Parents: Son of John and Maude Arksey, of Langruth, Manitoba, Canada.
Spouse:
Home: Langruth, Manitoba
Enlistment:
Enlistment Date: unkown date
Service
RCAF
Unit
460 (B) Sqn- Squadron (RAAF)
Strike And Return
Base
RAF Binbrook
Rank
Pilot Officer
Position
Air Gunner
Service Numbers
J/89952
Prev: R/205360
Langruth, Manitoba
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Lancaster ME696
Mission
Lancaster Mk.I ME696
Bombing Acheres France 1944-June-11 to 1944-June-11
460 (B) Sqn (RAAF) RAF Binsbrook, Lincolnshire, United Kingdom
460 Australia Squadron (Strike And Return). Lancaster aircraft ME696 hit high tension wires during night operations on the railway facilities at Acheres, France. Casualties included RCAF P/O's W.L. Arksey (air gunner and A.J. Collett (air gunner); RAAF Flt. Sgt. K.L. King (bomb aimer) and Pilot Officer R.L. Nicholson (pilot); and RAFVR Sgt's. C.A. Cunningham (flight engineer), A. Fisher (navigator), and J.P. Murray (wireless operator / air gunner).Lancaster ME696 Mk.I - Bombing Acheres France - 1944-06-11 to 1944-06-11
Squadron: 460 (B) Sqn (RAAF)
Start Date: 1944-06-11
Completion Date: 1944-06-11
Mission: Bombing
Operation: unspecified
Target City: Acheres France
Target Specific: railway facilities
Base: RAF Binsbrook, Lincolnshire, United Kingdom
Take Off Time: 23:13
Squadron Code:
Radio Code:
Return Base:
Return Time:
Crash City: Elancourt, France
Crash Specifics: 1 km W of Trappe, & 25 km SW of Paris
Crash Latitude: 0.00000000
Crash Longitude: 0.00000000
Crash Reason: piloterror
Flak Battery:
Enemy Claim:
War Diary Unavailable
6 Group Unavailable
460 Australia Squadron (Strike And Return). Lancaster aircraft ME696 hit high tension wires during night operations on the railway facilities at Acheres, France. Casualties included RCAF P/O's W.L. Arksey (air gunner and A.J. Collett (air gunner); RAAF Flt. Sgt. K.L. King (bomb aimer) and Pilot Officer R.L. Nicholson (pilot); and RAFVR Sgt's. C.A. Cunningham (flight engineer), A. Fisher (navigator), and J.P. Murray (wireless operator / air gunner).
6 Group Unavailable
460 Australia Squadron (Strike And Return). Lancaster aircraft ME696 hit high tension wires during night operations on the railway facilities at Acheres, France. Casualties included RCAF P/O's W.L. Arksey (air gunner and A.J. Collett (air gunner); RAAF Flt. Sgt. K.L. King (bomb aimer) and Pilot Officer R.L. Nicholson (pilot); and RAFVR Sgt's. C.A. Cunningham (flight engineer), A. Fisher (navigator), and J.P. Murray (wireless operator / air gunner).
