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Bradshaw, Eric Arthur

Date of birth:
November 26th, 1922 (Shardlow/Derbyshire, England)
Date of death:
September 20th, 1944 (Vorstenbosch/North-Brabant, Netherlands)
Buried on:
Canadian War Cemetery Groesbeek
Plot: XII. Row: C. Grave: 9-12.
Service number:
1577432
Nationality:
British

Biography

Flight Sergeant
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
620 Sqdn.

There were eight men on board the Short Stirling Bomber aircraft when it left RAF Fairford in England at 14.45pm on 20 September 1944 for another resupply mission to Arnhem. It failed to return and they were listed as missing. Four men were killed in the crash around 7 pm local time near the small Dutch village of Vorstenbosch including: Wireless Operator - Flight Sergeant, Eric Arthur Bradshaw.

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