Brickenden, Arthur William (Flight Sergeant)

Prisoner of War 1944-May-22

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Home: Toronto, Ontario

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Service

RCAF

Unit

625 (B) Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
We Avenge

Base

RAF Kelstern

Rank

Flight Sergeant

Position

Bomb Aimer

Service Numbers

R/160205
PoW: 439

Home
Google MapToronto, Ontario
Target
Google MapDuisburg Germany

Took off from Kelstern at 21:58 in Lancaster Mk III (Sqn code: CF-Y Bomber Command) on an operation to Duisburg Germany.

Aircraft was abandoned following total engine failure and crashed near Antwerpen

Killed: 1Lt Max E Dowden USAAF pilot KIA Schoonselhof Cemetery grave IVa. E. 27 (Sp. Mem.) Belgium. Pilot Officer Francis Harold Rowlands Moody RAF KIA Schoonselhof Cemetery grave IVa. E. 10.

POWs includes Brickenden: Sergeant Russell Margerison RAF POW camp not listed. Flight Sergeant Gilbert Francis Joseph McElroy RCAF R/169230 POW Stalag Luft L7 Bankau near Kreuzburg, Upper Silesia. Sergeant Richard Ernest Reeves RAF POW Stalag Luft L7 Bankau near Kreuzburg, Upper Silesia. Flying Officer David James Weepers RCAF J/28845 POW Stalag Luft L1 Barth Vogelsang.