Price, Arthur Daniel
Personal Information
Rank | P/O |
Forename(s) | Arthur Daniel |
Surname | Price |
Gender | M |
Age | |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 12-09-1944 |
Next of Kin | Son of Arthur and Janet Price, of Croom, Limerick, Republic of Ireland. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Avro Lancaster III |
Serial Number | NE126 |
Markings | MG-R |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | Germany |
Burial/Memorial Place | Rheinberg War Cemetery |
Grave Reference | 9. D. 13. |
Epitaph |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 228 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 184715 |
Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Group | 8 |
Squadron | 7 |
Trade | Air Gunner |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/101/18 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/101/17 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 12-09-1944 |
End Date | 12-09-1944 |
Takeoff Station | Oakington |
Day/Night Raid | Night |
Operation | Frankfurt. 387 aircraft. The last major raid of the war on this target. 17 Lancasters lost (4.5%). Serious destruction of the western parts of the city where many industrial buildings were located. Some of the fires burned for three days, due in part to many of the city's firemen being away in Darmstadt due to the raid the previous night. |
Reason for Loss | Crashed at Damscheid, WSW of Oberwesel, Germany |