Day, A E

• Memorial panel: Centre
• Full name: Arthur Edward Day
• Rank: Pilot Officer
• Service details: 102116, 88 Sqdn., Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
• Age at death: 23
• Date of death: 10/26/1941
• Place of birth: Banbury
• Parents: William Richard and Nellie Day, of Banbury
• Mother's maiden name: Ewins
• Parents' marriage details: Banbury Sep-12
• Wife: unknown
• Wife's maiden name: unknown
• Marriage details: unknown
• Cemetery: RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL
• Additional information:
  
  Source: J Tobin & www.lostbombers.co.uk
  Blenheim bomber V6421, code RH-Y. Airborne 1410 from Attlebridge, Norfolk. Crashed one minute after being hit by Flak in the port engine whilst attacking a convoy off the Dutch coast. P/O Rollinson and P/O Day were observed getting out of their aircraft into a dinghy. However, there were no survivors and no bodies recovered and they are all commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial. P/O Jack Rollinson KIA, P/O (Observer) Arthur Edward Day KIA, Sgt Edward Whybrow Andrews KIA.

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