1944 March Quarter death registration-
Name: Powell-Wiffen, Arthur W.---Age: 25
District: Ely (Volume & Page: 3b & 773)
Flying Officer Powell-Wiffen and RAF Pilot Officer Harry ASHWORTH, DFM took flight from RAF Wynton on 16 Feb 1944, flying their unarmed de Havilland Mosquito (#ML928) aircraft on a **PAMPA operation. But due to quickly developing bad weather, pilot F/O Powell-Wiffen decided to return to base. Poor visibility resulted in the Mosquito's crash-landing and then bursting into flames. Both airmen succumbed to their injuries the following day in the Ely RAF Hospital.
[**PAMPA=Photo-reconnaissance And Meteorological Photography Aircraft; the unarmed 'Mosquitoes' were used on dangerous meteorological (Met) flights over enemy territory to provide meteorological information for RAF Bomber Command and the USAAF.]
Military Service:-
Rank: Flying Officer
Trade: Pilot
Service No: 141455
Age: 30
Service: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Division: 1409 (Meteorological) Flight [RAF Wyton, Huntingdonshire]
Awards: Twice Mentioned in Despatches (MID and bar)
Son of Alfred Ernest Arthur Wiffen and of Violet Powell-Wiffen (née Powell) of Wellington City, New Zealand; husband of Doreen Mary Powell-Wiffen of East Hendred, Berkshire, England.
F/O Powell-Wiffen is commemorated in the World War Two Hall of Memories in the Auckland War Museum in Auckland, New Zealand.
Name: Powell-Wiffen, Arthur W.---Age: 25
District: Ely (Volume & Page: 3b & 773)
Flying Officer Powell-Wiffen and RAF Pilot Officer Harry ASHWORTH, DFM took flight from RAF Wynton on 16 Feb 1944, flying their unarmed de Havilland Mosquito (#ML928) aircraft on a **PAMPA operation. But due to quickly developing bad weather, pilot F/O Powell-Wiffen decided to return to base. Poor visibility resulted in the Mosquito's crash-landing and then bursting into flames. Both airmen succumbed to their injuries the following day in the Ely RAF Hospital.
[**PAMPA=Photo-reconnaissance And Meteorological Photography Aircraft; the unarmed 'Mosquitoes' were used on dangerous meteorological (Met) flights over enemy territory to provide meteorological information for RAF Bomber Command and the USAAF.]
Military Service:-
Rank: Flying Officer
Trade: Pilot
Service No: 141455
Age: 30
Service: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Division: 1409 (Meteorological) Flight [RAF Wyton, Huntingdonshire]
Awards: Twice Mentioned in Despatches (MID and bar)
Son of Alfred Ernest Arthur Wiffen and of Violet Powell-Wiffen (née Powell) of Wellington City, New Zealand; husband of Doreen Mary Powell-Wiffen of East Hendred, Berkshire, England.
F/O Powell-Wiffen is commemorated in the World War Two Hall of Memories in the Auckland War Museum in Auckland, New Zealand.
1944 March Quarter death registration-
Name: Powell-Wiffen, Arthur W.---Age: 25
District: Ely (Volume & Page: 3b & 773)
Flying Officer Powell-Wiffen and RAF Pilot Officer Harry ASHWORTH, DFM took flight from RAF Wynton on 16 Feb 1944, flying their unarmed de Havilland Mosquito (#ML928) aircraft on a **PAMPA operation. But due to quickly developing bad weather, pilot F/O Powell-Wiffen decided to return to base. Poor visibility resulted in the Mosquito's crash-landing and then bursting into flames. Both airmen succumbed to their injuries the following day in the Ely RAF Hospital.
[**PAMPA=Photo-reconnaissance And Meteorological Photography Aircraft; the unarmed 'Mosquitoes' were used on dangerous meteorological (Met) flights over enemy territory to provide meteorological information for RAF Bomber Command and the USAAF.]
Military Service:-
Rank: Flying Officer
Trade: Pilot
Service No: 141455
Age: 30
Service: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Division: 1409 (Meteorological) Flight [RAF Wyton, Huntingdonshire]
Awards: Twice Mentioned in Despatches (MID and bar)
Son of Alfred Ernest Arthur Wiffen and of Violet Powell-Wiffen (née Powell) of Wellington City, New Zealand; husband of Doreen Mary Powell-Wiffen of East Hendred, Berkshire, England.
F/O Powell-Wiffen is commemorated in the World War Two Hall of Memories in the Auckland War Museum in Auckland, New Zealand.
Name: Powell-Wiffen, Arthur W.---Age: 25
District: Ely (Volume & Page: 3b & 773)
Flying Officer Powell-Wiffen and RAF Pilot Officer Harry ASHWORTH, DFM took flight from RAF Wynton on 16 Feb 1944, flying their unarmed de Havilland Mosquito (#ML928) aircraft on a **PAMPA operation. But due to quickly developing bad weather, pilot F/O Powell-Wiffen decided to return to base. Poor visibility resulted in the Mosquito's crash-landing and then bursting into flames. Both airmen succumbed to their injuries the following day in the Ely RAF Hospital.
[**PAMPA=Photo-reconnaissance And Meteorological Photography Aircraft; the unarmed 'Mosquitoes' were used on dangerous meteorological (Met) flights over enemy territory to provide meteorological information for RAF Bomber Command and the USAAF.]
Military Service:-
Rank: Flying Officer
Trade: Pilot
Service No: 141455
Age: 30
Service: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Division: 1409 (Meteorological) Flight [RAF Wyton, Huntingdonshire]
Awards: Twice Mentioned in Despatches (MID and bar)
Son of Alfred Ernest Arthur Wiffen and of Violet Powell-Wiffen (née Powell) of Wellington City, New Zealand; husband of Doreen Mary Powell-Wiffen of East Hendred, Berkshire, England.
F/O Powell-Wiffen is commemorated in the World War Two Hall of Memories in the Auckland War Museum in Auckland, New Zealand.
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