75 RNZAF Squadron's Short Stirling MK I (#BF437) aircraft, with an aircrew of seven, took off from RAF Newmarket for a night air operation over Nuremburg, Germany. During the action BF437 crashed near Philippsburg in Germany, taking the lives of the entire crew. The bodies of two of the airmen were laid to rest in Durnbach's cemetery, while the other five members of the crew are commemorated at The Runnymede Memorial in Surrey.
The airmen who perished in this crash were-
RCAF Warrant officer Class II Anthony ARLEN,
RAF Pilot Officer Ian James Duncan BRODIE,
RNZAF Sergeant Charles Raglan DAVEY,
RAF Sergeant Andrew James FEENAN,
RAF Sergeant Arthur Edgar HOWLETT,
RAFVR Sergeant Leighton Mansel STONE and
RAFVR Sergeant Alfred Bertram TARRANT.
Military Service-
Rank: Warrant Officer Class II
Trade: Observer
Service Number: R/84152
Age: 30
Force: Air Force
Unit: Royal Canadian Air Force
Division: 75 RNZAF Squadron; RAF Newmarket, Suffolk
A labourer by trade, residing in Dunnville, Ontario, Canada, he enlisted in the RCAF on 2 Jan 1941 in Hamilton, Ontario. He'd lawfully changed his name from Antronig Kevorkian to Anthony Arlen.
Son of Kevork Kevorkian of Armenia and son of the late Mrs. Kevorkian; husband of Mary Helen (née Ward) Arlen of George Street in Dunnville [they married on 7 June 1941 in Dunneville].
Warrant Officer Class II Anthony Arlen is commemorated on Page 132 of Canada's Second World War Book of Remembrance.
He is also commemorated by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
75 RNZAF Squadron's Short Stirling MK I (#BF437) aircraft, with an aircrew of seven, took off from RAF Newmarket for a night air operation over Nuremburg, Germany. During the action BF437 crashed near Philippsburg in Germany, taking the lives of the entire crew. The bodies of two of the airmen were laid to rest in Durnbach's cemetery, while the other five members of the crew are commemorated at The Runnymede Memorial in Surrey.
The airmen who perished in this crash were-
RCAF Warrant officer Class II Anthony ARLEN,
RAF Pilot Officer Ian James Duncan BRODIE,
RNZAF Sergeant Charles Raglan DAVEY,
RAF Sergeant Andrew James FEENAN,
RAF Sergeant Arthur Edgar HOWLETT,
RAFVR Sergeant Leighton Mansel STONE and
RAFVR Sergeant Alfred Bertram TARRANT.
Military Service-
Rank: Warrant Officer Class II
Trade: Observer
Service Number: R/84152
Age: 30
Force: Air Force
Unit: Royal Canadian Air Force
Division: 75 RNZAF Squadron; RAF Newmarket, Suffolk
A labourer by trade, residing in Dunnville, Ontario, Canada, he enlisted in the RCAF on 2 Jan 1941 in Hamilton, Ontario. He'd lawfully changed his name from Antronig Kevorkian to Anthony Arlen.
Son of Kevork Kevorkian of Armenia and son of the late Mrs. Kevorkian; husband of Mary Helen (née Ward) Arlen of George Street in Dunnville [they married on 7 June 1941 in Dunneville].
Warrant Officer Class II Anthony Arlen is commemorated on Page 132 of Canada's Second World War Book of Remembrance.
He is also commemorated by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
Inscription
1943
ROYAL CANADIAN AIR FORCE
WARRANT OFFICER CLASS II
ARLEN A.
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