Arthur Buckby Sinton (1914 - 1943)

Born 3 Aug 1914 in Gilford, Tullylish, County Down, Ireland

Ancestors

Died 26 Jun 1943 at age 28 in North Sea

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Biography

Arthur was the son of Frederick Buckby Sinton and Hannah Maria Woods. He married Vera Gordon, and they had two children together. He was a pilot in World War II and was shot down by a night fighter into the North Sea after a raid on Gelsenkirchen.

The Aviation Safety Network,^[1] offers the following narrative on the accident:

Boulton Paul Defiant Mk.II DR572, 515 Squadron, RAF Hunsdon. Lost on combat operations (radar jamming) on 26 June 1943, Takeoff at 23:30 for a "Mandrel screen" sortie (airborne radar jamming in support of the raid on Gelsenkirchen by RAF Bomber Command). Shot down by night fighter pilot Oberleutnant Heinz-Martin Hadeball of the 12./NJG 4 (detached to 2./NJG 1), flying a Bf 110 G-4 from Gilze-Rijen airfield. Defiant AA572 came down into the North Sea west of Westkapelle, Zeeland, Netherlands. Both crew killed.

The site The War Down of North Down & Ards has a more extensive biography on Arthur.

Sources

1. ↑ ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 51696, Aviation Safety Network.

• "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 17 February 2023, 14:35), entry for Arthur Buckby Sinton (PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:98R7-ZQV ); contributed by various users.
• Birth: "Ireland Births and Baptisms, 1620-1881," citing FHL microfilm: 571399; Record number: 2853, (FamilySearch Record: HPZD-L32M : accessed 17 February 2023), Arthur Buckby Sinton born on 3 Aug 1914, son of Frederick Buckby Sinton & Hannah Maria, in Ireland.
• Death: "United Kingdom, British Armed Forces and Overseas Vital Records, 1761-2005," (FamilySearch Record: 68FR-JKS3 : accessed 17 February 2023) FindMyPast Image, Arthur B Sinton death 1943 in United Kingdom.
• Military: "UK, World War II Index to Allied Airmen Roll of Honour, 1939-1945," Naval and Miltiary Press, Uckfield, East Sussex, England, Airmen Died in the Second World War 1939-45, (Ancestry Record 62274 #92963 : accessed 17 February 2023), Name Arthur Buckby Sinton, Rank Fg Off, Death Age 27, Birth Year abt 1916, Death Date 26 Jun 1943, Military Base Hunsdon, Herts, Service Number 119279, Unit 515 Squadron, Command Fighter Cmnd, Ship Defiant Ii, Occupation Pilot, Casualty Killed in action, Residence Place Gilford, County Down, Northern Ireland, Burial Place Runnymede Memorial, Surrey, Notes Shot Down By A Night Fighter Into the North Sea Near Westkapelle During A Mandrrel Ecm Sortie in Support of A Raid on Gelsenkirchen.
• Burial: "UK and Ireland, Find a Grave™ Index, 1300s-Current," Find a Grave™. Find a Grave. http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi, URL Find A Grave: Memorial #15263314, (Ancestry Record 60526 #972014 : accessed 17 February 2023), Flying Officer Arthur Sinton burial (died on 26 Jun 1943) in Runnymede Memorial, Englefield Green, Runnymede Borough, Surrey, England.
• "Flying Officer Arthur Buckby Sinton R.A.F. Sinton Family Tree. (https://www.sinton-family-trees.com/ft_main.php?rin=819 : accessed 13 Aug 2023)
• "Sinton, Arthur Buckby (No. 119279)." The War Dead of North Down & Ards (https://barryniblock.co.uk/world-war-two-war-dead/names-listed-alphabetically-by-surname/sadd-to-sloss/sinton-arthur-buckby-no-119279/ : accessed 13 Aug 2023).