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Sergeant

Arthur Frederick Trawford

Service number 1173842
Military unit 408 (RCAF) Sqdn Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Address Shirley, Warwickshire, England.
Date of birth 06 Mar 1921
Date of death 27 Mar 1942 (21 years old)
Place of birth Shirley, Warwickshire, England.
Employment, education or hobbies

Bricklayring Apprentice.

Family history

Son of Arthur Frederick and Dorothy Emily Trawford, of Shirley, Warwickshire.

Military history

27/28 March 1942 Hampden AE219 408 Sqn. Took off 19.27 from RAF Balderton to mine lay the Weser Estuary. Intercepted 22.21, North Sea off Terschelling by Bf110 R4+DM night fighter piloted by Oblt Rudolf Schoenert and Ofw Johannes Richter 5/NJG2 killing all crew.

P/O William Fraser RCAF
WO2 Alger Jenkins RCAF - US Citizen.
Sgt Arthur Trawford
Sgt Herman Bird - All missing.

Extra information

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