Arthur John Frost                                                                                  Updated: 25 MAR 2021

Airman: e777280.htm Surname: Frost Init: A J Rank: P/O Service: RAF Sqdn: 149

P_link: p081.htm Plane: STI R9310 Operation: Minelaying Crash_site: Storebælt off Asnæs

Crash_d: d170542 Buried_d: e777 C_link: e777.htm At_Next: NO KNOWN

Den 18. maj 1942 kl. 01.40 (Kilde: MACR) styrtede STI R9310 i Storebælt 10 km SV for Kalundborg. p081MACR
Flyvehistorisk Tidsskrift skriver:
"17.-18. maj 1942 Storebælt SV for Asnæs, 10 km SV for Kalundborg. Stirling Mk. 1 R9310 (OJ-P). 149 BS, 3 BG, Lakenheath, Suffolk. (Minering i Øresund)

32 Stirlings og 28 Wellingtons fra No. 3 BG skulle minere i de danske farvande og ved de frisiske øer. 5 Stirlings og 2 Wellingtons gik tabt. Vejret over det danske område var dårligt, og under overflyvning af Storebælt blev flyet ramt af flak ved Nyborg, men fortsatte på en NØ-retning. Næste dag fandt fiskere vragdele i farvandet ud for spidsen af Asnæs, og i de efterfølgende måneder drev ligene af flere besætningsmedlemmer i land." (FT 88-31-2)

Pilot Officer Arthur John Frost, 29 år, var søn af Arthur Cecil og Sarah Mabel Frost; gift med Dorothy Phyllis Frost, St. John's Wood, London. B.Sc. (Lond.).
Hans navn er på Panel 69 på the Runnymede Memorial blandt mere end 20.000 navne på flyvere, der ikke har en kendt grav. (Kilde: CWGC)

4 flyvere fra STI R9310 blev begravet i Kalundborg og 1 i Kirke Værløse. 2 har ingen kendt grav. 7 flyvere.

On 18 May 1942 at 01.40 hours (Source: MACR) STI R9310 crashed into the Storebælt 10 km SW of Kalundborgp081MACR
(Danish) Aviation Historical Review writes:
"17-18 May 1942 Storebælt SW of Asnæs, 10 km SW of Kalundborg. Stirling Mk. 1 R9310 (OJ-P). 149 BS, 3 BG, Lakenheath, Suffolk. (Mining in the Sound)

32 Stirlings and 28 Wellingtons from No. 3 BG were to lay mines in Danish waters and at the Frisian Islands. 5 Stirlings and 2 Wellingtons were lost. The weather over Danish territory was bad. This plane was hit by flak at Nyborg, but it flew on in a north easterly direction. Next day fishermen found debris in the waters off the tip of Asnæs, and the bodies of a number of crew members were washed ashore in the following months." (FT 88-31-2)

Pilot Officer Arthur John Frost, 29, was the son of Arthur Cecil and Sarah Mabel Frost, and the husband of Dorothy Phyllis Frost, of St. John's Wood, London.
B.Sc. (Lond.). He is commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial, Panel 69, among more than 20,000 airmen who have no known grave. (Source: CWGC)
He is remembered on The Walls of Names at the International Bomber Command Centre, Phase 2, Panel 167.

4 airmen  from STI R9310 were buried in Kalundborg and 1 in Kirke Værløse. 2 have no known grave.
See Bomber Command No. 149 Squadron and 149 Squadron History.  This Stirling took off from RAF Lakenheath.  7 airmen.