Arthur William Astle, Son of Arthur and Maria Astle, of Aston, Birmingham. Arthur was served with the RAF in WWII and lost his life when his plane, Whitley T4203 78 Squadron crashed at Ubbergen Gelderland Holland...
T4203/EY- was intercepted and shot down by a night-fighter captained by Oblt Reinhold Eckardt (6./NJG 1) The aircraft crashed through the ice-encrusted flood-water between Millingen and Kekerdom (Gelderland), Holland at 2318. Eckardt flew Bf 110 G9+NP from Deelen airfield. His Messerschmitt was substantially damaged in the encounter.
Pilot Sgt Charles Arthur Smith RAF KIA
2nd Pilot Sgt Stanley Hudson Burley RAF KIA
Observer Sgt Lawrence Dudley Norman RAF KIA
Wireless Operator Sgt Arthur William Astle RAF KIA
Rear Gunner Sgt Victor Tarrant RAF KIA
All the crew are buried in Mook War Cemetery, the Netherlands
T4203/EY- was intercepted and shot down by a night-fighter captained by Oblt Reinhold Eckardt (6./NJG 1) The aircraft crashed through the ice-encrusted flood-water between Millingen and Kekerdom (Gelderland), Holland at 2318. Eckardt flew Bf 110 G9+NP from Deelen airfield. His Messerschmitt was substantially damaged in the encounter.
Pilot Sgt Charles Arthur Smith RAF KIA
2nd Pilot Sgt Stanley Hudson Burley RAF KIA
Observer Sgt Lawrence Dudley Norman RAF KIA
Wireless Operator Sgt Arthur William Astle RAF KIA
Rear Gunner Sgt Victor Tarrant RAF KIA
All the crew are buried in Mook War Cemetery, the Netherlands
Arthur William Astle, Son of Arthur and Maria Astle, of Aston, Birmingham. Arthur was served with the RAF in WWII and lost his life when his plane, Whitley T4203 78 Squadron crashed at Ubbergen Gelderland Holland...
T4203/EY- was intercepted and shot down by a night-fighter captained by Oblt Reinhold Eckardt (6./NJG 1) The aircraft crashed through the ice-encrusted flood-water between Millingen and Kekerdom (Gelderland), Holland at 2318. Eckardt flew Bf 110 G9+NP from Deelen airfield. His Messerschmitt was substantially damaged in the encounter.
Pilot Sgt Charles Arthur Smith RAF KIA
2nd Pilot Sgt Stanley Hudson Burley RAF KIA
Observer Sgt Lawrence Dudley Norman RAF KIA
Wireless Operator Sgt Arthur William Astle RAF KIA
Rear Gunner Sgt Victor Tarrant RAF KIA
All the crew are buried in Mook War Cemetery, the Netherlands
T4203/EY- was intercepted and shot down by a night-fighter captained by Oblt Reinhold Eckardt (6./NJG 1) The aircraft crashed through the ice-encrusted flood-water between Millingen and Kekerdom (Gelderland), Holland at 2318. Eckardt flew Bf 110 G9+NP from Deelen airfield. His Messerschmitt was substantially damaged in the encounter.
Pilot Sgt Charles Arthur Smith RAF KIA
2nd Pilot Sgt Stanley Hudson Burley RAF KIA
Observer Sgt Lawrence Dudley Norman RAF KIA
Wireless Operator Sgt Arthur William Astle RAF KIA
Rear Gunner Sgt Victor Tarrant RAF KIA
All the crew are buried in Mook War Cemetery, the Netherlands
Inscription
ETERNAL REST GIVE TO HIM, O LORD; MAY THE PERPETUAL LIGHT OF THY GLORY SHINE ON HIM
Gravesite Details
939723 Aged 20W.Op Air Gunner78 Squadron RAFShot down Operation Gelsenkirchen
