Spencer, Arthur Raymond

Killed in Action 2025-05-09

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Birth Date: 1922-December-26

Born: Lincoln, England

Josiah William Spencer & Violet Spencer (née Blow)

Home: Denison Road, Stockport, Cheshire, 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

1079010

First Burial
Google MapFuerstenfeldbrueck

Took off from Syerston at 20:25 In Lancaster Mk I (Sqn code QR-N Bomber Command) on an operation to Munich Germany.

Aircraft was shot down near Munich and crashed at Fuerstenfeldbrueck, Germany.

Killed includes Spencer:Sergeant Frank Bestwick RAF 1245321 KIA Durnbach War Cemetery, Germany, Plot 6. Row G. Grave 20.Sergeant Arthur Briggs 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 18.Sergeant Henry McCullough RAF 645957 KIA Durnbach War Cemetery, Germany, Plot 6. Row G. Grave 23.Sergeant 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.