Roe, Arthur Emerson
Personal Information
Rank | P/O |
Forename(s) | Arthur Emerson |
Surname | Roe |
Gender | M |
Age | 19 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 05-07-1944 |
Next of Kin | Son of Arthur Roe and Eileen Bertha Roe (née Dunn), of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Avro Lancaster X |
Serial Number | KB723 |
Markings | VR-U |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | France |
Burial/Memorial Place | Clichy Northern Cemetery |
Grave Reference | Plot 16. Row 13. Grave 9. |
Epitaph |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 234 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | J/93741 |
Service | Royal Canadian Air Force |
Group | 6 |
Squadron | 419 (Moose) |
Trade | Air Gunner |
Country of Origin | Canada |
Other Memorials
Location | Outside Former St. Georges Hotel, Teesside Airport, County Durham |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Slate Memorial Tablet on Stone Memorial |
Memorial Text | A memorial to Nos 419, 420 and 428 Sqns RCAF who flew from RAF Middleton St George during WW2 |
Miscellaneous Information
Arthur was born at Vancouver, British Columbia on 10 August 1924. His father was born in Yorkshire, England and was a Die Inspector and his mother was born at Steveston, British Columbia. He had one sister, Leah. He went to Lockwood School 1931-1939 and then to Castelmont High School in Oakland, California on a Drafting course between 1939-1942. Arthur joined in football, boxing and gymnastics at school but preferred fishing and hunting. His hobby was drafting and making model aircraft. He worked as a machinist apprentice for the American Can Company in Oakland, California 1942-1943, where the family lived. |
Arthur then enlisted on 25 March 1943 and after training was posted to the U.K., embarking from Halifax on 20 January 1944. He then went to 3 RCAF(PRC) on 1 February 1944, 22 OTU 8 February 1944, 61 Base 8 May 1944 and 419 Squadron on 20 June 1944. Sadly, this young man then lost his life the following month on 5 July 1944, at the age of only nineteen . |
This crew were on their first operation and the pilot had done one Second Dickie trip. |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1823/14 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1823/13 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 04-07-1944 |
End Date | 05-07-1944 |
Takeoff Station | Middleton St. George |
Day/Night Raid | Night (98% moon) |
Operation | Villeneuve St Georges- to attack railway yards. Part of a 282 strong bomber force to attack railway yards at Orléans and Villeneuve St Georges. Both were accurately hit but with the loss of 25 aircraft in all (8.9%). |
Reason for Loss | Hit by flak |