CREW MEMBER PROFILE

Surname:

ARBUTHNOT

First Name/s:

Terence John "Terry"

Service No/s:

16234

Service:

RAF

Branch:

Pilot

Awards:

Mentioned in Dispatches, OStJ
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SERVICE RECORDS

Date

Event

Aircraft Flown
25 Nov 1943

Joined 576 Sqn at Elsham Wolds, Linconshire

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17 Dec 1944

Set Rank from Flight Record

27 Jan 1945

576 Squadron FLYING RECORDS

Date

Aircraft

Code

Flight Details

T/O

Land

Flt Time

Crew

17 Dec 1944

PD232

UL-O2

ULM

1525

2245

7h20

P1   Flt Lt A.H. Dutton
P2   Gp Capt T.J. Arbuthnot
FE   Sgt W. Collett
AB   Fg Off E.G. Robinson RAAF
NAV  Fg Off W.F. Whitehead
WOp  Flt Sgt J. Coates
MUG  Sgt W. McLachlan
RG   Sgt J.N. McCullie

NOTES:

Target: Marshalling yards and supply centres.

27 Jan 1945

NG119

UL-D2

TRAINING

1410

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1h05

P1   Gp Capt T.J. Arbuthnot
P2   
FE   
AB   
NAV  
WOp  
MUG  
RG   

NOTES:

C & L

28 May 1945

*

Base to Hunsdon

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0h10

P1   Gp Capt T.J. Arbuthnot
P2   
FE   
AB   
NAV  Sgt M.P.J. Lynch
WOp  
MUG  
RG   

NOTES:

Base to Hunsdon as NAV to Group Captain Arbuthnot. 'K' Oxford.

28 May 1945

*

Hunsdon to base

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0h45

P1   Gp Capt T.J. Arbuthnot
P2   
FE   
AB   
NAV  Sgt M.P.J. Lynch
WOp  
MUG  
RG   

NOTES:

Hunsdon to base as NAV to Group Captain Arbuthnot. 'K' Oxford.

24 Jul 1945

SW276

UL-G

Bomb Disposal

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P1   Gp Capt T.J. Arbuthnot
P2   
FE   Sgt W.J. Faulkner
AB   Flt Sgt A.W.G. Watson
NAV  Flt Sgt F.A. Kesterton
WOp  Flt Sgt P.R. Elkington
MUG  Sgt M.V. Jones
RG   Sgt G.W.H. Somerville

NOTES:

Probably disposal of incendiaries in the North Sea (tbc). Probably flown with the Titchener crew (Kesterton confirmed).

04 Aug 1945

LM679

UL-D2

Cooks Tour

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4h35

P1   Gp Capt T.J. Arbuthnot
P2   Fg Off E.S. Hardie
FE   
AB   
NAV  
WOp  
MUG  
RG   

NOTES:

Cooks Tour P2 E S Hardie (Hardie crew) Passengers: F/L Sheenan, F/O Raper, F/S Hall-Smith, F/O Meeson, F/O Duckett Base, Arnhem, Emmerich, Wessel, Essen, Cologne, Rotterdam, Base

01 Sep 1945

PB753

UL-X

FISKERTON TO POMIGLIANO

0835

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P1   Flt Lt J.D. Mortimer
P2   Gp Capt T.J. Arbuthnot
FE   Flt Lt E.A.F. Cole
AB   
NAV  Fg Off J.B. Raper
WOp  Fg Off G.W. Tebbs
MUG  Fg Off R.C. Bayly
RG   

NOTES:

Operation DODGE; transit flight to Italy

03 Sep 1945

PB753

UL-X

POMIGLIANO TO GLATTON

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P1   Flt Lt J.D. Mortimer
P2   Gp Capt T.J. Arbuthnot
FE   Flt Lt E.A.F. Cole
AB   
NAV  Fg Off J.B. Raper
WOp  Fg Off G.W. Tebbs
MUG  Fg Off R.C. Bayly
RG   

NOTES:

Operation DODGE; the repatriation of 22 Allied servicemen to the UK. The aircraft suffered a coolant leak in the starboard outer engine and ordered to land at Woodbridge by Glatton Control, landing on three engines. The aircraft was left in Woodbridge for repairs and the crew returned to Fiskerton by other means.

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