{"id":5496,"date":"2020-09-09T16:33:15","date_gmt":"2020-09-09T16:33:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/?page_id=5496"},"modified":"2021-02-02T07:19:53","modified_gmt":"2021-02-02T07:19:53","slug":"marder-arthur","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/raf\/marder-arthur\/","title":{"rendered":"Marder, Arthur"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
Sergeant, 128 Squadron
Service number 591731
Died 24 May 1942
Buried Freetown (King Tom) Cemetery, Sierra Leone
Age 19 <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Arthur was born in October 1922 in Prestwich, Manchester to Louis and Leah nee Gaffin. His father Louis worked as a travelling watch salesman. Arthur joined the RAF straight from school as an apprentice clerk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Arthur was the pilot of Hurricane BN223 which was on a low flying training exercise. The aircraft dived into the ground in Sierra Leone killing Arthur. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n