Flight Sergeant Arthur Henderson and Sergeant Robert Charles Banks

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Reference WMO/262076

Address:

Lincolnshire Aviation Heritage Centre

East Kirkby Airfield

East Kirkby

PE23 4DE

England

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Status: On original site
Type: Non freestanding
Location: Internal
Setting: Inside a building - public/private
Description: Board/Plaque/ Tablet
Materials:
  • Metal Brass
  • Timber Timber (any)
Lettering: Inscribed on a plaque
Conflicts:
  • Second World War (1939-1945)
About the memorial: Brass plaque on a wooden background, On the North West wall inside the main Hangar Collision was between Lancaster III ND572 DX-F of 57 Squadron and Lancaster III ME473 EM-N of 207 Squadron whilst on training flights on the 2nd March 1945, see 57 Squadron Roll of Honour for crew details for DX-F.
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THIS DISPLAY STANDS AS A MEMORIAL TO/ F/SGT ARTHUR HENDERSON/ AND/ SGT ROBERT CHARLES BANKS/ LISTED MISSING FOR OVER 50 YEARS. WHO ARE NOW/ PEACEFULLY LAID TO REST/ IN CAMBRIDGE CITY CEMETERY/ ALSO IN MEMORY OF/ (14 Names/ KILLED IN THE COLLISION OF TWO LANCASTERS/ OVER RUSKINGTON FEN 2nd MARCH 1945

EM-N’s crew: Edward McMaster Lawson, 419881, Flight Lieutenant, Royal Australian Air Force. Son of the Revd. Archibald Frederick Lawson and Winifred Vera Lawson, of Camberwell Victoria, Australia. Interred Cambridge City Cemetery George Walter Flitt, 1869316, Sergeant (Flt. Engr.), Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Son of Frederick George and Anne Lilian Flitt, of Watford, aged 19, interred Watford North Cemetery, Hertfordshire. William Winston Lord, 154636, Flying Officer (Nav.), Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Son of Herbert Arthur Lord, C.B.E., J.P., and Margaret Elizabeth Lord husband of Nora Cecilia Lord, of Bognor Regis, Sussex. B. Sc. (Lond.) King's College, aged 28, interred Cambridge City Cemetery Arthur Henderson, 1671712, Flight Sergeant (Air Bomber), Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Son of Thomas Newrick Henderson and Eleanor Henderson, of Sherburn, Co. Durham, aged 21, interred Cambridge City Cemetery. Raymond Richardson, 1590550, Sergeant (W.Op. Air) ,Regiment/Service: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Son of Thomas and Molly Richardson, of Felling, aged 20, interred Felling (Heworth) Cemetery, County Durham. George Wilkinson, 1596299. Sergeant (Air Gnr.), Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Son of George Wilkinson, and of Margaret I. Wilkinson, of Alnwick, aged 20, interred Alnwick Cemetery, Northumberland Robert Charles Banks, 1899297, Sergeant (Air Gnr.), Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Son of Charles and Margaret Banks; husband of Joan Margaret Banks, of Nakuru, Kenya Colony, aged 33, interred Cambridge City Cemetery. John Morrison, 1559833, Leading Aircraftman, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Son of John and Agnes Butters Morrison, of Greenock; husband of Janet Weir Morrison. Interred Greenock Cemetery, Renfrewshire, Scotland.

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