Reeder, Arthur Joseph Died

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Personal Information

Rank F/O
Forename(s) Arthur Joseph
Surname Reeder
Gender M
Age 20
Date of Death 05-01-1945
Next of Kin Son of Leonard James Reeder and Edith Reeder (née Wixson), of Toronto, Onario, Canada.
REEDER AJ

Aircraft Information

Aircraft Avro Lancaster III
Serial Number PB343
Markings TL-M

Memorial Information

Burial/Memorial Country United Kingdom
Burial/Memorial Place Runnymede Memorial
Grave Reference Panel 279.

IBCC Memorial Information

Map
Directions to panel 231
REEDER AJ

Location

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Panel 231
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Directions From the Chadwick Centre, take the central path towards The Spire.

Phase 2
Panel Number 231

Enlistment Information

Service Number J/43405
Service Royal Canadian Air Force
Group 8
Squadron 35 (Madras Presidency)
Squadron Motto Uno animo agimus (We act with one accord)
Trade Air Bomber
Country of Origin Canada

Other Memorials

Location Roadside Location, Graveley, Cambridgeshire
Country United Kingdom
Memorial Type Inscribed Memorial Stone
Memorial Text Graveley Airfield 1942-1945 8 Group Bomber Command 35 Squadron Pathfinder Force 692 Squadron Light Night Striking Force R.A.F. To commemorate this airfield in honour of those who served the nation aircrew, groundstaff & WAFF of United Kingdom Dominions, Colonies,Allied air forces 35/635. ASSN..1991
Location All Saints Church, Offord Cluny, Cambridgeshire
Country United Kingdom
Memorial Type Stained Glass Window, Sqn Badge & Roll of Honour
Memorial Text Remember before God all those airmen and airwomen 3who served with 35 Squadron R.A.F. Graveley 1939-1945
Location Roadside location (off E6), Fættenfjord, near Åsenfjord, Trøndelag Fylke
Country Norway
Memorial Type Inscribed memorial stone atopped with inert aerial sea mine and Tirpitz anchor chain link
Memorial Text For Frihet Til minne om Allierte Flymannskaper fra RAF drept under angrep pa det tyske slagskipet Tirpitz i Fættenfjord 1942
Translation "For freedom In memory of the Allied Aircrews from the RAF who died in attacks on the German Battleship Tirpitz in the Fættenfjord 1942 "

Miscellaneous Information

Arthur was born at Toronto, Ontario on 4-September 1924. His father was born in Norfolk, England and worked as a Mailer for the Toronto Daily Star, his mother born in Ontario had sadly died in 1938. He had one sister Lenora May. The schools he attended were Bala Avenue, Toronto, 1930-1937 followed by York Memorial, Toronto 1937-1941 (Jnr Matric). His main sport interests were basketball, hockey and tennis and his hobby was photography. Arthur worked as a clerk at Canada Packers 1941-1943 and then enlisted.
He enlisted on 28 June 1943 and after training was posted to the U.K. He embarked from Halifax on 3 May 1944 arriving in the U.K. at 3 PRC on 11 May. He then went to 2 (0) AFU on 19 August 1944 and was at 35 Squadron on 1 November 1944. Arthur sadly lost his life the following year on 5 January 1945.

The National Archives

Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/382/2
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/382/2

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.

Name Outcome
Bentley R W (F/S) Died
Halls V M B (Sgt) Died
Mills M A (F/O) Died
Pope G A (F/S) Died
Potts K (F/O) Died
Sharp M B (F/S) Died

Last Operation Information

Start Date 05-01-1945
End Date 06-01-1945
Takeoff Station Graveley
Day/Night Raid Night (55% moon)
Operation Hannover. 664 aircraft, 31 losses (4.7%). Bombs fell throughout the city. 493 buildings were destroyed and 250 people killed.
Reason for Aircraft Loss Hit by flak and thought to have crashed SE of Bremen, Germany
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Casualty Pack

IBCC is delighted to introduce a unique facility to link the Losses Database to the relevant RAF Casualty Pack on the National Archives website. This project is the result of on-going collaboration between IBCC, the MOD Records Office and National Archives, Kew. This document describes what Casualty Packs are, when they were created, the process of making them available to the public and then goes on to describe the process by which you can view the contents of the packs. Casualty Packs (CPs) were created by the RAF whenever there was serious injury or loss of life associated with operational activity within the RAF. This includes operational flying losses, enemy action due to air raids, road accidents either on station or even off-station if they involved RAF vehicles. Deaths due to natural causes in service or accidents that did not involve RAF vehicles did not generally give rise to a CP.

CPs were originally given a unique reference number by the RAF. Each begins with the letter ‘P’ and is followed by six digits, then an oblique (forward slash) and the finally the year in which the incident took place- for example P396154/42.

The CPs are in the process of being made available to the general public as they are passed from the MOD Records Office, Portsmouth to National Archives, Kew. This process requires some rework to the files which is very time consuming, so the process of making them all available to National Archives will take several years. They are being made available in increasing date order.

Once CPs arrive at National Archives they are assigned a unique AIR81 number, so each CP has both a P-number and an AIR81 number. Both are searchable on the National Archives website under ‘Search the catalogue’ and both are included on the IBCC website.

The AIR81 reference on the IBCC website is a link to the file on the National Archives website. When you click on it, the relevant page will open in a new tab on your browser.

There is currently no plan to digitise AIR81 files, partly because they are fragile and partly because the information they contain can at times be sensitive, even harrowing, since they may contain exhumation reports and even photographs of corpses. Family members wishing to read the AIR81 files relating to their ancestors are advised to exercise caution and be guided by National Archives warnings where appropriate.

There are two means for accessing AIR81 files- to attend in person or to order a copy by post.

To attend in person, the attendee should first create a Reader’s Ticket. This can be done online by following this link: https://secure.nationalarchives.gov.uk/login/yourdetails. Then click on the AIR81 reference on the IBCC website and click Order in Advance. Enter your Reader’s Ticket number and state the date on which you intend to visit. National Archives will have the file ready for you when you arrive, saving you time. When you visit Kew, you must quote the Reader’s Ticket number and take along two forms of ID- one bearing your signature and one bearing your address. When you view the files, you are permitted to take photographs of each page, should you wish.

Alternatively, if you wish to order a copy by post, please be aware that there is a charge for this service based on the number of pages in the file. Click on the AIR81 reference on the IBCC website and then click Request a Copy. There is an £8.40 charge for National Archives staff to access the file and give you a quotation for the copying service. The process takes around 24 days to complete and can be expensive.

IBCC wishes to thank the staff at the MOD Records Office and National Archives for their engagement and assistance in making this facility available to our website users.