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JONES, Arthur

Aircraft Information
Aircraft Short Stirling I
Serial Number W7535
Markings HA-C
Memorial information
Burial/Memorial Country France
Burial/Memorial Place Dreux Communal Cemetery
Grave Reference Row 2. Grave 18..
Epitaph YN ANTERTH EI NERTH GADAWODD PORTHMADOG GWIRFODDOL ARWR O FARW GODIDOG (Welsh- 'He left Porthmadoc in the prime of life. A willing hero. How noble a death.')
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase 2
Panel Number 190
Enlistment information
Service Number 102593
Service Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Group 3
Squadron 218 (Gold Coast)
Trade Pilot
Country of origin if different United Kingdom
Last Operation information
Start Date 29-05-1942
End Date 30-05-1942
Takeoff Station Marham
Day/Night raid Night
Operation Gennevilliers- Gnome & Rhone factory. Aerial photographs show little or no damage to the factory. Some damage to local houses and 34 French people reported killed
Reason for Loss Crashed at Colombes in the outskirts of Paris