Arnold, Keith Fergus (Flight Lieutenant)

Killed in Flying Accident 1941-July-25

Flight Lieutenant Keith Fergus Arnold RAF

Birth Date: 1911-April

Born:

Parents: Son of Harry Watson and Eva Mary Arnold, of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan

Spouse: Husband of Mary (nee Hudson) Arnold of London, England

Home: Kindersley, Saskatchewan

Enlistment: Saskatoon, Saskatchewan

Enlistment Date: 1936

Decorations: DFC

Service

RAF

Unit

45 ODAF- Overseas Air Delivery Flight (RAF)

Base

RCAF Stn. Dorval, Quebec

Rank

Flight Lieutenant

Position

Pilot

Service Numbers

39012

Home

Kindersley, Saskatchewan

Final Burial

St Eval Churchyard
Row 2 Grave 12

Flight Lieutenant Arnold was BROTHER of Pilot Officer Victor Charles Arnold (RCAF) who was killed in a flying accident in on #58 Operational Training Unit Miles Master aircraft T8780 that crashed near Falkirk, Stirlingshire, Scotland 1941-05-05

Canadian Virtual War Memorial

Commonwealth War Graves Commission

Saskatchewan Virtual War Memorial

www.findagrave.com

Library and Archives Canada Service Files (may not exist)

Crew or Other Personnel

Hudson AE640

Flight Lieutenant Keith Fergus Arnold RAF

Flight Lieutenant Arnold, Keith Fergus (RAF)
Pilot
Killed in Flying Accident
1941-July-25
St Eval Churchyard, Cornwall, UK

Civilian Radio Officer Wilfred Bratherton Civilian

Civilian Radio Officer Bratherton, Wilfred (Civilian)
Wireless Operator
Killed in Flying Accident
1941-July-25
Kilkerran Cemetery, Kilkerran Road, Campbeltown, UK

Sergeant Percy Keast RAFVR

Sergeant Keast, Percy (RAFVR)
Navigator
Killed in Flying Accident
1941-July-25
cemetery unknown

Mission

Hudson Mk. V (long range) AE640

Ferry Flight 1941-July-25 to 1941-July-25

OADF () Ferry Command (RAF) Dorval, Quebec

Overseas Aircraft Delivery Flight, RAF Ferry Command, Dorval, Quebec. Hudson V aircraft AE 640 on a flight out of Gander, Newfoundland to Prestwick, Scotland struck high ground in poor weather conditions with rain and low cloud and crashed on the south-east side of the Mull of Kintyre in Scotland

Pilot, Flight Lieutenant KF Arnold (RAF)(Can), Navigator Sergeant P Keast (RAFVR) and Canadian civilian Radio Officer W Bratherton Civilian Technical Corps (CTC)

The Hudson had been intended for use by RAF Coastal Command 217 Squadron (Woe to the Unwary) based at St Eval, Cornwall

Ocean Bridge, The History of RAF Ferry Command by Carl A Christie pages 246, 309, 354n86

unvetted Source [Royal Air Force Serial and Image Database]...

unvetted Source OADF Hudson AE640 Fl/Lt. Arnold, California USA, accident, RAF St. Eval

Hudson serial: AE640

Lockheed Hudson
Source National Air Force Museum of Canada.

The Lockheed Hudson was an American-built light bomber and coastal reconnaissance aircraft built initially for the Royal Air Force (RAF) shortly before the outbreak of the Second World War and primarily operated by the RAF thereafter. The Hudson served throughout the war, mainly with Coastal Command, but also in transport and training roles, as well as delivering agents into occupied France. They were also used extensively with the Royal Canadian Air Force's (RCAF) anti-submarine squadrons. National Air Force Museum of Canada.

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