In Memory Of

ALBERTSON, ARTHUR IAN

Service Details
Age:
 30
Date of Birth:
 1914-03-03
Service No:
 80126
Rank:
 Flight Lieutenant
Unit:
 PFF NTU
Regiment:
 Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Date of Death:
 1945-03-02
Cause of Death:
 Died in Aircraft Accident, Mosquito B.20 KB206, took off from Warboys at 1900 hrs for a high-level night cross-country training flight, the crew being briefed to fly at 27, 000 feet. At around 2100 hrs, the Mosquito broke up and crashed at Yew Tree Farm, Basford Cheddieton, south of Leek, Stafford
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
 Grave 15362.
Cemetery:
 CAMBRIDGE CITY CEMETERY
Localitly:
 Cambridgeshire
Country:
 United Kingdom
Additional Information
Decorations:
 Air Force Cross
Citations:
 LG Sup 8 June 1944 pg. 2648
Son of Richard Wright Albertson and Elizabeth Albertson; husband of Rona Albertson (nee Johnson), of Bulawayo, Southern Rhodesia. Entered Milner House in August, 1926; after leaving Plumtree School in 1931 he was employed by the Texas Company. He attested in November, 1940, and received preliminary training in Southern Rhodesia and the Union; on returning to Rhodesia he was engaged on flying instructors' duties until proceeding overseas in June, 1944. Commissioned 21st May 1941. On Plumtree School Roll of Honour.