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Sergeant Arthur Anthony Rush
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Sergeant Arthur Anthony Rush Veteran

Birth
Prescot, Metropolitan Borough of Knowsley, Merseyside, England
Death
13 Jun 1943 (aged 30–31)
Hollands Kroon Municipality, Noord-Holland, Netherlands
Monument
Englefield Green, Runnymede Borough, Surrey, England Add to Map
Plot
Panel 163.
Memorial ID
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Age 30
Service Number: 1697335
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, 115 Squadron

Son of Arthur and Jessie Rush, of Prescot, Lancashire;
Husband of Cynthia Margaret Rush, of Prescot

Shot down aboard Lancaster DS652 by NF and crashed in the Wadden Sea, 15 km northeast from Den Oever
The aircraft had departed from East Wretham and targeted Bochum.
All 7 crew members died:
1. Flight Sergeant Frederick Cuffey, 21, Wonseradeel (Makkum) Protestant Churchyard
2.Sergeant Paul Dalralph Deck, 20, Runnymede Memorial
3. John Renwick Glendinning, 23, Body washed up Ameland. 24 June 1943, Ameland (Nes) General Cemetery
4. Sergeant John Frederick Mustchin, 19, Runnymede Memorial
5. Sergeant Norman William Procter, 22, Runnymede Memorial
6. Flight Sergeant Ian Richard Victor Ruff, 27, Ameland (Nes) General Cemetery
7.Sergeant Arthur Anthony Rush, 30, Runnymede Memorial

Read more at wrecksite: https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?298757
Age 30
Service Number: 1697335
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, 115 Squadron

Son of Arthur and Jessie Rush, of Prescot, Lancashire;
Husband of Cynthia Margaret Rush, of Prescot

Shot down aboard Lancaster DS652 by NF and crashed in the Wadden Sea, 15 km northeast from Den Oever
The aircraft had departed from East Wretham and targeted Bochum.
All 7 crew members died:
1. Flight Sergeant Frederick Cuffey, 21, Wonseradeel (Makkum) Protestant Churchyard
2.Sergeant Paul Dalralph Deck, 20, Runnymede Memorial
3. John Renwick Glendinning, 23, Body washed up Ameland. 24 June 1943, Ameland (Nes) General Cemetery
4. Sergeant John Frederick Mustchin, 19, Runnymede Memorial
5. Sergeant Norman William Procter, 22, Runnymede Memorial
6. Flight Sergeant Ian Richard Victor Ruff, 27, Ameland (Nes) General Cemetery
7.Sergeant Arthur Anthony Rush, 30, Runnymede Memorial

Read more at wrecksite: https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?298757

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