Milward, Arthur Hewitt
Personal Information
Rank | F/O |
Forename(s) | Arthur Hewitt |
Surname | Milward |
Gender | M |
Age | 27 |
Date of Death | 25-04-1944 |
Next of Kin | Son of George and Bessie Milward, of Monkseaton, Whitley Bay, Northumberland. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Avro Lancaster III |
Serial Number | LM445 |
Markings | WS-Z |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | Germany |
Burial/Memorial Place | Durnbach War Cemetery |
Grave Reference | 9. K. 5. |
Epitaph | SAFE IN GOD'S KEEPING |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 1 |
Panel Number | 74 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 136386 |
Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Group | 5 |
Squadron | 9 (IX) |
Squadron Motto | Per noctem volamus (Through out the night we fly) |
Trade | WOp/AG |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Other Memorials
Location | Village Green, Bardney, Lincolnshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Stone Memorial, Propeller and Plaque |
Memorial Text | In memory of the killed or missing of IX Sqd. 1939 - 1945 |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/128/8 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/128/7 |
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 | 24-04-1944 |
End Date | 25-04-1944 |
Takeoff Station | Bardney |
Day/Night Raid | Night (6% moon) |
Operation | Munchen |
Reason for Loss | Hit by Flak and crashed 0157 at Birkenhof between Pasing and Grosshaden in the western suburbs of Munchen. |