Davis, Arthur Wilfrid
Personal Information
Rank | P/O |
Forename(s) | Arthur Wilfrid |
Surname | Davis |
Gender | M |
Age | 22 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 31-05-1942 |
Next of Kin | Son of Arthur and Margaret Davis, of Northfield, Birmingham. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Short Stirling I |
Serial Number | W7502 |
Markings | HA-N |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | Germany |
Burial/Memorial Place | Rheinberg War Cemetery |
Grave Reference | Joint grave 1. E. 19-20. |
Epitaph | BLESSED ARE THE PURE IN HEART FOR THEY SHALL SEE GOD. ST. MATTHEW V.8 |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 153 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 125321 |
Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Group | 3 |
Squadron | 218 (Gold Coast) |
Trade | Pilot |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Other Memorials
Location | St. Mary's Church, Bexwell, Norfolk |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Stone Tablet |
Memorial Text | In memory of the squadrons based at R.A.F. Downham Market and those who have their lives during the 1939 - 1945 war |
Location | All Saints Church, Chedburgh, Suffolk |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | RoH and Sqn Crest |
Memorial Text | Roll of Honour and scroll remembering the members of the Royal and Polish Air Forces who served at RAF Chedburgh 1942 - 1946 |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1350/10 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1350/9 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 30-05-1942 |
End Date | 31-05-1942 |
Takeoff Station | Marham |
Day/Night Raid | Night (99% moon) |
Operation | Cologne. 1047 sortie raid- the first of the 1000 Bomber Raids. 1455 tons of bombs dropped, one third being incendiaries. Local reports state that there were 1700 large fires but no firestorm unlike Rostock and Lubeck since Cologne was a modern city with building |
Reason for Loss | Shot down by flak at Huppenbroich |