Tooth, Arthur
Personal Information
Rank | Sgt |
Forename(s) | Arthur |
Surname | Tooth |
Gender | M |
Age | 28 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 29-06-1943 |
Next of Kin | Son of William and Sarah Tooth (née Appleby), of Upton, Yorkshire. Husband of Edith May Tooth (née Hatherley), of South Kirby, Yorkshire. Married 1934 |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Avro Lancaster I |
Serial Number | ED307 |
Markings | KM-R |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | Netherlands |
Burial/Memorial Place | Eindhoven (Woensel) General Cemetery |
Grave Reference | Plot EE. Grave 50. |
Epitaph | IN LIFE AND DEATH A CHAINLESS SOUL, WITH COURAGE TO ENDURE |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 1 |
Panel Number | 108 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 1438888 |
Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Group | 5 |
Squadron | 44 (Rhodesia) |
Trade | Navigator |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Other Memorials
Location | Dunholme Lodge Farm, Dunholme, Lincolnshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Brick Pillar with Inscribed Stone Tablet & Metal Lancaster Sculpture |
Memorial Text | R.A.F. Dunholme Lodge In memory of those who served here 1942 - 1946 |
Location | William Farr School, Welton, Lincolnshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Information Board |
Memorial Text | Site of RAF Dunholme Lodge 1942 - 1945 |
Location | St. Chad's Church, Dunholme, Lincolnshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Marble Tablet |
Memorial Text | In memory of 44 (Rhodesia) Sqn. who served at R.A.F. Dunholme Lodge May 1943 - Sept. 1944 |
Location | All Saints Church, Great Steeping, Lincolnshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Marble Tablet |
Memorial Text | In memory of those who served R.A.F. Spilsby in 44 (Rhodesia) Sqd. Sept 1944 - July 1945 |
Location | Memorial Gardens, RAF Waddington, Lincolnshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Marble Pillar |
Memorial Text | In memory of those who served with 44 (Rhodesia) Sqn. "We will remember them" |
Miscellaneous Information
In the 1939 register he is listed as being employed by a local colliery as a wagon repairer. |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/450/12 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/450/11 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 28-06-1943 |
End Date | 29-06-1943 |
Takeoff Station | Dunholme Lodge |
Day/Night Raid | Night (12% moon) |
Operation | Koln |
Reason for Loss | Shot down by a night-fighter (Maj. Gunter Radusch of II./NJG3 detached to 1./NJG1 at 02:56 hrs - his 31st claim) and crashed at Neunen, NE of Eindhoven, Holland |