Morgan, Arthur William
Personal Information
Rank | Sgt |
Forename(s) | Arthur William |
Surname | Morgan |
Gender | M |
Age | 22 |
Date of Death | 13-08-1941 |
Next of Kin | Son of Horace and Alice Hilda Morgan, of Brixton, London. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Vickers Wellington IC |
Serial Number | Z8835 |
Markings | KO-U |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | Germany |
Burial/Memorial Place | Becklingen War Cemetery |
Grave Reference | 26. C. 1. |
Epitaph | GOD'S PATIENT LOVE PERCEIVES, NOT WHAT HE DID, BUT WHAT HE TRIED TO DO |
Ribbon Stone | 0733 (Block 9, Column 3, Row 2) |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 214 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 914113 |
Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Group | 3 |
Squadron | 115 |
Squadron Motto | Despite the elements |
Trade | WOp/AG |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Other Memorials
Location | International Bomber Command Centre, Canwick Avenue, Lincoln LN4 2HQ |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed stone tablet |
Memorial Text | To honour the crew of Wellington 1C Z8835 115 Sqn lost 13 Aug 1941 |
Location | Lancaster Industrial Estate, Witchford, Cambridgeshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Stone Pillar with inscribed Slate Tablets & Metal Plaques |
Memorial Text | In honour of those who served during the Second World War 1939 - 1945 |
Casualty Pack Number Find Out More
AIR 81/8279 (P361325/41) |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/888/16 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/888/15 |
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.
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 12-08-1941 |
End Date | 13-08-1941 |
Takeoff Station | Marham |
Day/Night Raid | Night (69% moon) |
Operation | Essen |
Reason for Loss | Shot down by Flak and crashed at Rübke (north of Neu Wulmstorf). Five bodies were recovered from the crash site. Sgt. Keighley's body was not found, he sank into the bog along with parts of the Wellington. In the telegram to Luftgaukommando XI Hamburg, the recovery possibilities were stated as poor. At first the dead were buried in the camp cemetery in Parnewinkel, but after the war they were transferred to Becklingen. |