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Pearce, Arthur George Edward

Grave number 43
Rank Sgt. Air Gunner Nr. 1380700 R.A.F. (V.R.)
Squadron 61 Squadron
Date of birth / age 1922
Reported missing February 16, 1942
Aircraft type Manchester, L-7433
Washed ashore June 15, 1942, 1.20 p.m.
Buried June 17, 1942, 11.30 a.m.
Father A.G. Pearce
Mother Charlotte Ellen Pearce
Partner  
Place of residence Reading, Berkshire, England
   
Details

The aircraft was hit by the 5./Marine-Flak-Abteilung 246 battery Terschelling-West and crashed into the sea.
The bodies washed ashore on the Noorderstrand near post 13.

The other crew members in this aircraft:
Sergeant Frederick Stanley Partridge (grave 44)
Sergeant Gordon Frederick George Rackstraw (grave 57)
Flight Sergeant Peter Henry George Webster R/989483
Flight Sergeant Anthony Lionel Ely Johnston R/580615
Flight Sergeant Kenneth Ashurst R/553270
Flight Sergeant Wendell Wilburn Fairbrother R/62715



NOT JUST TODAY BUT EVERY DAY IN SILENCE WE REMEMBER