George Arthur McArthur                      Updated: 25 MAY 2021

Airman: a050036.htm Surname: McArthur Init: G A Rank: Sgt Service: RAF Sqdn: 218

P_link: p212.htm Plane: STI BF522 Operation: Bomb G Crash_site: North Sea SE of Sylt

Crash_d: d240843 Buried_d: b280943 C_link: c050.htm At_Next: Lemvig

Den 24. august 1943 antages STI BF522 at være styrtet ned i Nordsøen på tilbagevejen fra et bombetogt til Berlin. SOS sendt kl. 03.34 den 24. august 1943. (Kilde: p212MACR) IBCC nævner sidst
ved hver flyver problemer med Navigation med at finde målet. Antiluftskyts og jagerforsvar formidabelt.
56 af 727 fly gik tabt.

Sgt McArthur blev den 24. september 1943 fundet inddrevet i strandlen 35 (her). Han blev begravet i
Lemvig som ukendt af sognepræsten den 28. september 1943.
Hans nr. - 638671 - er indført i kirkebogen. (FAF)

Sergeant (Air Gunner) George Arthur McArthur, 26 år, var søn af Mr. og Mrs. William McArthur,  Kirkcaldy, Fife, United Kingdom. (Kilde: CWGC)
1 flyver fra STI BF522 blev begravet i Lemvig og 1 i Esbjerg. 5 flyvere har ingen kendt grav. 7 flyvere.

On 24 August 1943 STI BF522 was believed crashed in the North Sea on the return flight from a bombing raid on Berlin. SOS sent at 03.34 hrs. on 24 August 1943. (Source: p212MACR)
The IBCC mentions at each airman problems of Navigation - hard to find the target. The flak and fighter defences were formidable. 56 of 727 aircraft failed to return.

On 24 September 1943 Sgt McArthur was found washed ashore in Beach Area 35 (here).
He was buried in Lemvig as unknown by the Vicar on 28 September 1943.
His service number - 638671 - was written in the church register. (Source: FAF)

Sergeant (Air Gunner) George Arthur McArthur, 26, was the son of Mr. and Mrs. William McArthur,
of Kirkcaldy, Fife, United Kingdom. (Source: CWGC)
He is remembered on The Walls of Names at the International Bomber Command Centre, Ph 2, P 207. 

1 airman from STI BF522 was buried in Lemvig and 1 in Esbjerg. 5 airmen have no known grave.
See No. 218 (Gold Coast) Squadron RAF-Wikipedia and No. 218 (Gold Coast) Squadron Association.
Stirling III BF522 HA-N took off from RAF Downham Market at 20.40 hrs on 23 APR 1943.
(Source: Aircrew Remembered has this.) See p212MACR. 7 airmen.