Slocum, Arthur Gordon Died

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Personal Information

Rank F/O
Forename(s) Arthur Gordon
Surname Slocum
Gender M
Age 20
Date of Death 14-02-1945
Next of Kin Son of Charles Stanley Slocum and Cora May Slocum (née Thomas), of St John, New Brunswick, Canada.
SLOCUM AG

Aircraft Information

Aircraft Avro Lancaster I
Serial Number NF996
Markings CF-J

Memorial Information

Burial/Memorial Country United Kingdom
Burial/Memorial Place Runnymede Memorial
Grave Reference Panel 280.

IBCC Memorial Information

Map
Directions to panel 98
SLOCUM AG

Location

Row -
Panel 98
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Directions From the Chadwick Centre, take the central path towards The Spire.

Phase 1
Panel Number 98

Enlistment Information

Service Number J/41191
Service Royal Canadian Air Force
Group 1
Squadron 625
Squadron Motto We avenge
Trade Navigator
Country of Origin Canada

Other Memorials

Location Roadside Location, Kelstern, Lincolnshire
Country United Kingdom
Memorial Type Memorial Stone and inscribed metal plaque
Memorial Text A memorial to 625 Sqn, RAF Kelstern October 1943 to April 1945
Location St. Faiths Church. Kelstern, Lincolnshire
Country United Kingdom
Memorial Type RoH in wooden case ***NOTE: IBCC UNDERSTANDS THIS ROLL OF HONOUR IS NO LONGER IN SITU AND IS CURRENTLY HELD AT THE HOME OF A 625 SQUADRON ASSOCIATION MEMBER***
Memorial Text 625 Sqn Roll of Honour and Sqn badge
Location In front of the mess esplanade, Mailly-le-Camp, 10 - Aube Prefecture
Country France
Memorial Type Stone memorial sculpture, inscribed marble tablets and inscribed metal plaque
Memorial Text En souvenir des heros de la RAF. Qui ont participe au bombardment du camp de Mailly. Unites de la RAF engagees dans le raid sur Mailly-le-Camp, la nuit du 3 au 4 May 1944. N° 9-12-44-49-50-57 61-83-97-100-101 Special Duties Flight-103-105-106-166- 169-192-207-460 (RAAF)-463 (RAAF)-467 (RAAF)-550-576-617- 619-625-626-627-655
Translation "In memory of the RAF heroes who took part in the bombing of Mailly Camp. RAF units engaged in the raid on Mailly-le-Camp, the night of 3-4 May 1944. Squadrons that took part: N° 9-12-44-49-50-57 61-83-97-100-101 Special Duties Flight-103-105-106-166- 169-192-207-460 (RAAF)-463 (RAAF)-467 (RAAF)-550-576-617-619-625-626-627-655"
Location Bawtry Hall, Bawtry, South Yorkshire
Country United Kingdom
Memorial Type Inscribed Marble Tablet
Memorial Text In memory of those who did not return 1939 - 1945

Miscellaneous Information

Arthur was born on 1 November 1924 at St John, New Brunswick. His father was born in St. John, New Brunswick and was a senior engineering clerk in the Department of Transport, and his mother was born at Fredericton. He had two sisters, Cora and Frances. He attended King George School 1930-1934, Victoria School 1934-1938 and St. John High 1938- 1941. Some of the sports he enjoyed were soccer softball, cricket and rowing and his hobby was chemistry. Arthur worked as a clerk at the Bank of Nova Scotia 1941-1942 and he then enlisted on 19 November 1942 at Moncton, N.B.
After training he was posted to the U.K. and embarked from Halifax on 29 April 1944, arriving at 3PRC on 8 May 1944. He was then at 8 (0) AFU on 20 June 1944, 18 OTU 28 July 1944, 11 Base 25 September 1944 and 625 Squadron 18 November 1944. Sadly Arthur then lost his life on 14 February 1945.

The National Archives

Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/2143/34
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/2143/34

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.

Name Outcome
Cunliffe R (F/L) Died
Hatton T H (Sgt) Died
Hayes D W (Sgt) Died
Lowther E J (F/O) Died
Pass W P (Sgt) Died
Williams D (Sgt) Died

Last Operation Information

Start Date 14-02-1945
End Date 15-02-1945
Takeoff Station Kelstern
Day/Night Raid Night (8% moon)
Operation Chemnitz
Reason for Aircraft Loss Believed to have exploded in midair east of Chemnitz and between the villages of Marbach and Schellenberg, the latter being on the west bank of the River Flöha
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IBCC is delighted to introduce a unique facility to link the Losses Database to the relevant RAF Casualty Pack on the National Archives website. This project is the result of on-going collaboration between IBCC, the MOD Records Office and National Archives, Kew. This document describes what Casualty Packs are, when they were created, the process of making them available to the public and then goes on to describe the process by which you can view the contents of the packs. Casualty Packs (CPs) were created by the RAF whenever there was serious injury or loss of life associated with operational activity within the RAF. This includes operational flying losses, enemy action due to air raids, road accidents either on station or even off-station if they involved RAF vehicles. Deaths due to natural causes in service or accidents that did not involve RAF vehicles did not generally give rise to a CP.

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Once CPs arrive at National Archives they are assigned a unique AIR81 number, so each CP has both a P-number and an AIR81 number. Both are searchable on the National Archives website under ‘Search the catalogue’ and both are included on the IBCC website.

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