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249037 LAC. Arthur Wilfreid Smith Royal Air Force 233 Squadron from:Hessle, East Yorkshire (d.7th January 1940) Arthur Smith joined the RAF in 1936 and was posted to 233 Squadron on its formation at Tangmere in 1937. He was a Wireless Operator Air Gunner. Initially he trained on Avro Anson's for the Norwegian Patrol. In 1939 he twice took part in the ferrying of Bristol Blenheim light bombers to RAF Habaniyya in Iraq, returning to the UK the day before war broke out. On 7th of January 1940 aged 20 years whilst testing Anti Surface Vessel radar he was killed when Lockheed Hudson N7256 crashed on Nanty Moel, Bridgend Glamorgan along with Sergeant Pilots Hallam and Bousefield and 2 civilian scientists. Cause of the accident was bad weather. Please type your message:      We recommend you copy the text about this item and keep a copy on your own computer before pressing submit. Your Name:             Email Address:       @ **Please type the first part our your email in the first box (eg. john.smith) the @ sign is added automaticallly, please type the second part in the second box (eg. gmail.com). Do not enter your full email in each box or add an @ sign or random spaces.** Please type in the code shown here:    If you are unable to read the code please click here. If you have received an error message for incorrect code, please click to refresh the code before resending. This should overcome the error message.