Name:
Harry Francis MacArthur
Rank:
Sergeant
Serial Number:
R/85762
Unit:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Date of Death:
1942-09-14
State:
Massachusetts
Cemetery:
Runnymede Memorial, Englefield Green, Runnymede Borough, Surrey, England
Plot:
Panel 107
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Harry Francis MacArthur was born on June 27, 1920, in Framingham, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. He was the son of Henry F. MacArthur and Myrtle M. MacArthur.
Harry served in the #22 Operational Training Unit of the Royal Canadian Air Force as a Sergeant during World War II. He was declared Missing in Action on September 14, 1942, when his Wellington aircraft #R 1588 was shot down off Denmark, during an attack against Bremen, Germany. His airplane crashed into the North Sea and his body was never recovered.