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Flying Officer Arthur Edgar “Art” Rayner

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Flying Officer Arthur Edgar “Art” Rayner

Birth
Morse, Moose Jaw Census Division, Saskatchewan, Canada
Death
18 Apr 1952 (aged 24)
North Luffenham, Rutland Unitary Authority, Rutland, England
Burial
North Luffenham, Rutland Unitary Authority, Rutland, England GPS-Latitude: 52.6185377, Longitude: -0.6215008
Plot
Grave 19, War Graves Section No 2
Memorial ID
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FIERCE, FIERY WARRIORS FOUGHT UPON THE CLOUDS,
IN RANKS AND SQUADRONS.
LET THEIR REMEMBRANCE BE AS LASTING AS THE
LAND THEY
HONOURED.

RCAF Flying Officer Arthur ('Art') Edgar RAYNER and
RCAF Flying Officer Joseph Austin Leslie KERR lost their lives when their North American Sabre Mk. 2 (#19177 and #19181) aircraft collided and crashed.

From the Canadian Virtual War Memorial--
Military Service:-
Rank: Flying Officer
Trade: Pilot
Service Number: 30489
Age: 24
Force: Royal Canadian Air Force
Unit: 410 (Fighter) Squadron

Date and Place of Enlistment: March 30, 1949 Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Son of Charles and Jessie Rayner of Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada. Brother of Lawrence, Raymond and Stanley Rayner.

Flying Officer Arthur Edgar Rayner is commemorated on Page 27 of the 'In the Service of Canada' Book of Remembrance.

F/O A. E. RAYNER is one of 107 airmen's names inscribed on the Honour Roll on the Sabre Pilots Memorial at RCAF Memorial Museum in Trenton, Ontario, Canada; the unveiling ceremony of the Sabre Pilots Memorial took place on 19 June 1998.
FIERCE, FIERY WARRIORS FOUGHT UPON THE CLOUDS,
IN RANKS AND SQUADRONS.
LET THEIR REMEMBRANCE BE AS LASTING AS THE
LAND THEY
HONOURED.

RCAF Flying Officer Arthur ('Art') Edgar RAYNER and
RCAF Flying Officer Joseph Austin Leslie KERR lost their lives when their North American Sabre Mk. 2 (#19177 and #19181) aircraft collided and crashed.

From the Canadian Virtual War Memorial--
Military Service:-
Rank: Flying Officer
Trade: Pilot
Service Number: 30489
Age: 24
Force: Royal Canadian Air Force
Unit: 410 (Fighter) Squadron

Date and Place of Enlistment: March 30, 1949 Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Son of Charles and Jessie Rayner of Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada. Brother of Lawrence, Raymond and Stanley Rayner.

Flying Officer Arthur Edgar Rayner is commemorated on Page 27 of the 'In the Service of Canada' Book of Remembrance.

F/O A. E. RAYNER is one of 107 airmen's names inscribed on the Honour Roll on the Sabre Pilots Memorial at RCAF Memorial Museum in Trenton, Ontario, Canada; the unveiling ceremony of the Sabre Pilots Memorial took place on 19 June 1998.

Inscription

(Epitaph...)
DEAR ART
SO WELL BELOVED
SO SADLY MISSED



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  • Created by: SJB Hearn
  • Added: Jun 15, 2013
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/112345903/arthur_edgar-rayner: accessed ), memorial page for Flying Officer Arthur Edgar “Art” Rayner (17 Feb 1928–18 Apr 1952), Find a Grave Memorial ID 112345903, citing St. John The Baptist Church, North Luffenham, Rutland Unitary Authority, Rutland, England; Maintained by SJB Hearn (contributor 46864594).