LEST WE FORGET
Sergeant Arthur Hugh STEPHENS
Service No: 403098
Born: Sydney NSW, 17 February 1911
Enlisted in the RAAF: 9 December 1940
Unit: No. 14 Operational Training Unit (RAF), Detachment RAF Station Saltby, Leicestershire
Died: Aircraft Accident (No. 14 Operational Training Unit Hampden aircraft AD802), Nottinghamshire, 30 June 1942, Aged 31 Years
Buried: Shelford (SS Peter and Paul) Churchyard Extension, Nottinghamshire
CWGC Additional Information: Son of John and Mary Field Stephens, of Mosman, New South Wales, Australia. Dip. Agr. (Hawkesbury)
Roll of Honour: North Sydney NSW
Remembered: Panel 130, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
Brother of Corporal Eustace Charles Stephens (8256)
On the night of 30 June 1942 Hampden AD802 took off from RAF Saltby detailed to carry out a night navigation training exercise. The aircraft spun and crashed at 0230 hours near Shelford, 6 miles east north east from the centre of Nottingham. All the crew members were killed.
The crew members of AD802 were:
Sergeant John Leonard Allison (404370) (Observer)
Sergeant Edmund Freeman Hunt (403743) (Wireless Air Gunner)
Sergeant Robert Thomas Pierson (1213919) (RAFVR) (Pilot)
Sergeant Arthur Hugh Stephens (403098) (Wireless Air Gunner)
References:
Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour On-Line Records (RAAF Casualty Information compiled by Alan Storr (409804))
Commonwealth War Graves Commission On-Line Records
Department of Veterans’ Affairs On-Line WWII Nominal Roll
National Archives of Australia On-Line Record A705, 163/124/417