Blagden, Arthur Sanderson
Personal Information
Rank | Sgt |
Forename(s) | Arthur Sanderson |
Surname | Blagden |
Gender | M |
Age | 22 |
Date of Death | 23-01-1943 |
Next of Kin | Son of Arthur and Mary Hannah Blagden, of Dore, Yorkshire. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Avro Lancaster I |
Serial Number | ED386 |
Markings | PH-A |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | Germany |
Burial/Memorial Place | Rheinberg War Cemetery |
Grave Reference | 2. C. 12. |
Epitaph |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 1 |
Panel Number | 10 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 944213 |
Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Group | 1 |
Squadron | 12 |
Squadron Motto | Leads the field |
Trade | Air Gunner |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Other Memorials
Location | Wickenby Airfield, Wickenby, Lincolnshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Stone Memorial with Sculpture of Icarus & Information Board |
Memorial Text | Royal Air Force Wickenby No1 Group Bomber Command 1942-1945 In memory of one thousand and eighty men of 12 & 626 Squadrons who gave their lives on operations from this airfieldin the offensive against Germany and the liberation of occupied Europe Per ardu |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/167/2 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/167/1 |
Fellow Servicemen
Please note that this list gives all the losses aboard the quoted aircraft and occasionally these may have occurred on an earlier date when the aircraft was not itself lost. Please check the dates of death carefully.
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 23-01-1943 |
End Date | 24-01-1943 |
Takeoff Station | Wickenby |
Day/Night Raid | Night (94% moon) |
Operation | Dusseldorf |
Reason for Loss | Shot down near the small town of Grevenbroich on the River Erft, near Monchengladbach |