Military service
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Flt. Sgt. (Air Son of James M. and Annie Dunham Adair, of Fairlight, Saskatchewan, Canada.
Digital gallery of Observer Arthur Dunham Adair
Digital gallery of
Observer Arthur Dunham Adair
Observer Arthur Dunham Adair is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
Digital gallery of
Observer Arthur Dunham Adair
Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
Digital gallery of
Observer Arthur Dunham Adair
Observer Arthur Dunham Adair is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
Digital gallery of
Observer Arthur Dunham Adair
Photo used with permission of Frans van Cappellen, The Netherlands<P>
F/Sgt Adair was Observer on Wellington X-3713 which was airborne at 2346 20 June 42 from Honington on a raid to Emden. It was shot down by a night-fighter and crashed 0145 at Leenstertillen-Leens, 20 km NW of Groningen, Holland. All are buried in Leens General Cemetery. The pilot W/C L. V. James DFC, who had recently been appointed as No.9 Sqdn Commander, was a very experienced bomber pilot with twenty-seven sorties to his credit, though this was his first with 9 Sqdn. With F/Sgt. Adair and W/C James were the following crew members: P/O J.D.Baxter DFM; Sgt J.Brown; and P/O A.V.Brooks.
Digital gallery of
Observer Arthur Dunham Adair
Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me
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Observer Arthur Dunham Adair is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
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Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
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Observer Arthur Dunham Adair is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
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Photo used with permission of Frans van Cappellen, The Netherlands<P> F/Sgt Adair was Observer on Wellington X-3713 which was airborne at 2346 20 June 42 from Honington on a raid to Emden. It was shot down by a night-fighter and crashed 0145 at Leenstertillen-Leens, 20 km NW of Groningen, Holland. All are buried in Leens General Cemetery. The pilot W/C L. V. James DFC, who had recently been appointed as No.9 Sqdn Commander, was a very experienced bomber pilot with twenty-seven sorties to his credit, though this was his first with 9 Sqdn. With F/Sgt. Adair and W/C James were the following crew members: P/O J.D.Baxter DFM; Sgt J.Brown; and P/O A.V.Brooks.
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Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me
LEENS-GENERAL-CEMETERY DE MARNE. Netherlands
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