Needham, Arthur Sidney
Personal Information
Rank | P/O |
Forename(s) | Arthur Sidney |
Surname | Needham |
Gender | M |
Age | 31 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 05-09-1942 |
Next of Kin | Son of Arthur Edward and Beatrice Needham. Husband of Florence Maud Mann Needham, of Toorak, Victoria, Australia. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Vickers Wellington II |
Serial Number | Z8595 |
Markings | PH- |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | United Kingdom |
Burial/Memorial Place | Runnymede Memorial |
Grave Reference | Panel 70. |
Epitaph |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 1 |
Panel Number | 78 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 117845 |
Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Group | 1 |
Squadron | 12 |
Trade | Observer |
Country of Origin | Australia |
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 27/166/18 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/166/17 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 04-09-1942 |
End Date | 05-09-1942 |
Takeoff Station | Binbrook |
Day/Night Raid | Night (29% moon) |
Operation | Bremen |
Reason for Loss | Turned back at Dutch coast with failing engines. Dropped bombs but lost height and cashed into the sea, approx 20 miles off Felixstowe. One Survivor. |