Powell, Arthur Royston
Personal Information
Rank | Sgt |
Forename(s) | Arthur Royston |
Surname | Powell |
Gender | M |
Age | 20 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 06-01-1945 |
Next of Kin | Son of Joseph Alfred and Priscilla Gertrude Powell, of Martin Mill, Kent, England. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Avro Lancaster I |
Serial Number | SW245 |
Markings | DX-L |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | France |
Burial/Memorial Place | Dieppe Canadian War Cemetery |
Grave Reference | M. 60. |
Epitaph | GRIEVE NOT, DEAR MOTHER MY TASK WAS DONE" MUM, DAD & FAMILY AND DEAR SWEETHEART+V401:AA489 FRANCES |
Ribbon Stone | 0671 (Block 8, Column 12, Row 1) |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 1 |
Panel Number | 86 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 1809356 |
Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Group | 5 |
Squadron | 57 |
Trade | Air Gunner |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Other Memorials
Location | International Bomber Command Centre, Lincoln, Lincolnshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed stone tablet |
Memorial Text | Sgt A.R. Powell 57 Sqn 1924 - 1945 |
Location | Lincolnshire Aviation Heritage Centre, East Kirkby, Lincolnshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Sculptures, Inscribed Memeorial Stone & Inscribed Metal Plaques |
Memorial Text | In memory of those who gave their lives with 57 and 630 Squadrons 1939 - 1945 |
Location | Lincolnshire Aviation Heritage Centre, East Kirkby, Lincolnshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Stenciled 57 Sqn RoH in site Chapel |
Memorial Text | In proud memory of the men of No. 57 Squadron who lost their lives operating from Royal Air Force East Kirkby 1943 to 1945 |
Miscellaneous Information
Died of his injuries 6/1/45 |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/539/24 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/539/23 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 17-12-1944 |
End Date | 18-12-1944 |
Takeoff Station | East Kirkby |
Day/Night Raid | Night (7% moon) |
Operation | Munchen |
Reason for Loss | Believed hit by flak and crashed in the Channel off Dieppe |