DAMBUSTERS McArthur, Robert Campbell

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

McArthur ​

• FORENAME

Robert Campbell ​

• UNIT

617 Squadron,R.A.F.V.R. ​

• RANK

Flight Sergeant ​

• NUMBER

1551189 ​

• DATE OF DEATH

16th September 1943 ​

• AGE

21 ​

• GRAVESITE

Reichswald Forest War Cemetery,Germany 26.E.2 ​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

born 1922 Glasgow​

son of Edward and Alicia McArthur,Airdrie,Lanarkshire​

RAF 1941​

Edinburgh 22.5.1941​

1 ACRC 21.7.1941​

1 ITW 16.8.1941​

South Africa 10.11.1941​

45 Air School 10.1.1942​

43 Air School 26.4.1942​

Presmoor 19.5.1942​

3 PRC 29.6.1942​

9 (O) AFU 26.7.1942​

19 OTU 31.8.1942​

1660 CU 5.1.1943​

617 Squadron 10.4.1943​

air bomber​

Lancaster JA874​

Ladbergen (Dortmund-Ems Kanal)​

believed hit by flak and crashed near Bramsche,Germany ​