Briggs, Arthur
Killed in Action 2025-05-09
Birth Date: unkown date
Born:
Robert James & Lizzie Ann Briggs (nee Steadman)
Home: Cliburn, Westmorland, Cumbria, England. (parents)
Enlistment:
Enlistment Date: Unknown
Service
RAF
Unit
61 (B) Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
Per Purum Tonantes Thundering through the clear air
Base
RAF Syerston
Rank
Sergeant
Position
Sergeant
Service Numbers
1546261
Target
Munich Germany
First Burial
Fuerstenfeldbrueck
Took off from Syerston at 20:25 in Lancaster Mk I (Sqn code QR-? Bomber Command) on an operation to Munich Germany.
Aircraft exploded in the air and crashed near Furstenfeldbruck, Germany.
Killed includes Briggs:Sergeant Frank Bestwick RAF 1546261 KIA Durnbach War Cemetery, Germany, Plot 6. Row G. Grave 17.Warrant Officer 2 Charles Francis Daley RCAF R/126429 KIA Durnbach War Cemetery, Germany Plot 6 Row G Grave 18Sergeant Henry McCullough RAF 645957 KIA Durnbach War Cemetery, Germany, Plot 6. Row G. Grave 23.Sergeant Arthur Raymond Spencer RAF 1079010 KIA Durnbach War Cemetery, GermanySergeant Francis Llewellyn D'oyly Walters RAF 1253897 KIA Durnbach War Cemetery, Germany, Plot 6. Row G. Grave 21.Pilot Officer Gerald Arthur Young RCAF J/19577 KIA Durnbach War Cemetery, Germany, Plot 6 Row G Grave 19.
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