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Military service
Service number:
J/86671
Rank:
Pilot Officer
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
429 Sqdn.
Death:
May 25, 1944
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Joint grave 24. J. 1.
Digital gallery of Pilot Officer Arthur John Murphy
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Letter of recommendation
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Photo of ARTHUR JOHN MURPHY
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Service Book
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Letter of recommendation
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Newspaper clipping
From the Montreal Star. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Montreal Star. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Grave Marker
Photo courtesy of Frans van Cappellen, Putten, The Netherlands<P>LW137 was one of three No.429 Sqdn Halifaxes lost on this operation. see: HX352; LW124. Airborne 2253 24 May 44 from Leeming on a mission to Aachen, it was shot down in flames by a night fighter. Abandoned at 8,000 feet, it crashed into the Emilia Polder, some 6 km NW of Oosterhout. Those killed are now buried in Jonkerbos War Cemetery, being brought here from the Roman Catholic Cemetery at Oosterhout. Two members of the RCAF were killed. They were WO2 A.J.Murphy and F/S J.R.H.Cochrane. One Canadian, P/O A. C. Shierlaw survived and was taken PoW. Two RAF crew were killed: F/L T.Rawlinson DFC and P/O A.Bates. RAF P/O W.J.Bush successfully evaded until captured in Antwerp 15 Jun 44 and was then interned in Camp L3. PoW No.3686, joining P/O G.L.Caunt, PoW No.5790. Canadian P/O A.C.Shierlaw was also captured in Antwerp 15Jun44 and interned in Camp L3, PoW No.6392. (Source: //lostbombers.co.uk) -
Memorial
Pilot Officer Arthur John Murphy is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Pilot Officer Arthur John Murphy is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Arthur John Murphy
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Arthur John Murphy
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Arthur John Murphy
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Arthur John Murphy
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Arthur John Murphy
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Arthur John Murphy
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Arthur John Murphy
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Arthur John Murphy
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Arthur John Murphy
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Commemorated on:
Page 401 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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