Date: 2nd March 1945
Unit: P.F.N.T.U. (Pathfinder Force Navigation Training Unit.)
Type: Mosquito XX.
Serial: KB206.
Coded: ?
Location: Basford Cheddieton, Stafford.
Pilot: F/Lt. Arthur Ian Albertson. A.F.C. 80126. R.A.F.V.R. Age 30. Killed.
Nav: F/S Robert James Eaton. 430960. R.A.A.F. Age 20. Killed.
REASON FOR LOSS:
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.
Above left: F/S Robert James Eaton. Right: F/Lt. Arthur Ian Albertson. A.F.C
BURIAL DETAILS:
CAMBRIDGE CITY CEMETERY:
F/Lt. Arthur Ian Albertson A.F.C. 80126. R.A.F.V.R. Grave 15362.
Son of Richard Wright Albertson and Elizabeth Albertson; husband of Rona Albertson (nee Johnson), of Bulawayo, Southern Rhodesia.
F/S. Robert James Eaton. 430960. R.A.A.F. Grave 15361.
Son of James Bygrove Eaton and Selina Marjorie Eaton, of Albury, New South Wales, Australia.
Photo of F/Lt. Arthur Ian Albertson. A.F.C kindly supplied by Mike Harrison. With thanks to the following: Bill Chorley - "Bomber Command Losses", The superb work of the C.W.G.C. Purchase these research books "HERE"
