Arthur James Wakefield

Rank:Flying OffNumber:141792
Ship/Rgn/Sqn No:103 Sqn RAFVR
Name of Rgt or Ship:Bomber Command
Died:02/12/1943Age:42
Country of burial:GermanyGrave Photo:No
Cemetery or Memorial:Berlin 1939 - 1945 Cemetery
Town Memorial:Sale
Extra Information:
A Member of the Pharmaceutical Society, he had been employed for 14 years,
by Boots the Chemists

Joined the RAF in 1942 and became a Navigator.

Flying with 103 Sqn, they took off at 1647hrs from R.A.F. Elsham Wolds,
Lincolnshire, in a Lancaster Mk.III, No. JB400 PM-K on a bombing operation
over Berlin.   No other information, except that F/O Wakefield, together
with the pilot, were buried in the Berlin 1939-1945 Cem, with the rest of
the 7 man crew being commemorated at Runnymede.

He had been on Ops since April 1943 and this was his 21st operation - the
5th over Berlin.

Pilot Officer Lewis from Sale, also died on this mission.

He left a widow and a 5 year old son.

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