Robert Maryland Arthur, husband of Mary F Arthur, served in the 556th Bomber Squadron, 387th Bomber Group, Medium, as a Technical Sergeant and Radio Operator/Gunner on the B-26 Marauder #41-31682 'Jolly Roger/Shady Lady' during World War II.

On February 15, 1944, the crew took off at Sation 162 airfield in Chipping Ongar, England, on a bombing mission at La Glacerie, a suburb of Cherborugh, France. Shot down by flak at 10:56H, four crew members were killed in this incident. The other two (including TSgt Arthur ) were able to bail out but were captured and taken as prisoners. Their plane crashed at Le Doucet, in the commune of Gonneville-Le Theil. TSgt Arthur was taken to Stalag Luft IV in Gross Tychow, Poland.

Source of information: francecrashes39-45.net