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Sergeant

Arthur Jeffrey Anthony

Service number 759275
Military unit 22 Sqdn Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Address Unknown
Date of birth 21 Feb 1920
Date of death 20 Mar 1941 (21 years old)
Place of birth Unknown
Employment, education or hobbies

In 1939, he was a tobacco packer.

Family history

He was the son of Arthur Herbert Anthony (a retired policeman) and Ethel Anthony of 291, Coppice Road, Arnold, Nottinghamshire.

Military history

22 Sqdn RAFVRArthur Anthony was killed aboard Beaufort N1081 along with Flying Officer F M Boycott, Pilot Officer S A Taylor and Sergeant G W R Nesbitt: missing believed killed; aircraft failed to return from an operation to attack shipping. It is assumed an unidentified SOS appeal was from this aircraft after being shot down by an Me110.

Flying Officer F M Boycott, Pilot Officer S A Taylor, Sergeant A J Anthony, Sergeant G W R Nesbitt: missing believed killed; aircraft failed to return from operational flight, Beaufort N1081, 22 Squadron, 21 March 1941

Extra information

RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL Panel 38

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