Ceeley, Arthur Frederick
Personal Information
Rank | P/O |
Forename(s) | Arthur Frederick |
Surname | Ceeley |
Gender | M |
Age | 23 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 19-03-1945 |
Next of Kin | Son of Frederick George Ceeley, and of Maud Elizabeth Ceeley, of Old Woking, Surrey. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | de Havilland Mosquito XVI |
Serial Number | PF387 |
Markings | 8K-J |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | United Kingdom |
Burial/Memorial Place | Brookwood Military Cemetery |
Grave Reference | 24. E. 14. |
Epitaph | ...."MY SON IN WHOM I AM WELL PLEASED" (Matthew 3:16-17) |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 142 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 185912 |
Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Group | 8 |
Squadron | 571 |
Trade | Pilot |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Other Memorials
Location | Hilton House Hotel, Hilton, Derbyshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Blue Plaque on external wall |
Memorial Text | Air Commodore Herbert Martin Massey CBE DSO MC 1898-1976 Senior British Officer at Stalag Luft III Sagan who authorised 'The Great Escape' was born here. Hilton and Marston History Group |
Location | All Saints Church, Longstanton, Cambridgeshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Stone Tablet |
Memorial Text | In honour of 571 (Mosquito) Sqn. aircrew of RAF Oakington 1944 - 1945 |
Miscellaneous Information
This aircraft had completed 74 operations |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/2047/30 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/2044/23 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 19-03-1945 |
End Date | 19-03-1945 |
Takeoff Station | Oakington |
Day/Night Raid | Day |
Operation | Air Test |
Reason for Loss | Both port engines failed and the crew turned back but overshot and crashed near Cottenham, north of Cambridge |