Memorials & Monuments
on the Isle of Wight
- Biography -
- A A Wilmot -

Name

Arthur Alexander Wilmot, son of Annie V Wilmot of Bembridge.

Service details

Sergeant 751064 Arthur Alexander Wilmot, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

CWGC record ...

His name is recorded on the Bembridge War Memorial and at Bembridge Holy Trinity Church.

Date of Death :	22nd August 1940
Where buried or commemorated :	Runnymede Memorial
Aircraft :	Handley Page Hampden Mk.I P4360 of 144 Sqn
Crew
Pilot :	Flying Officer A Robson DFC	CWGC record ...
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner :	Sergeant A A Wilmot	CWGC record ...
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner :	Sergeant H Chambers	CWGC record ...
Navigator :	Pilot Officer D L Wingate	CWGC record ...

The aircraft took off from RAF Hemswell and was lost on Ops to the Mitteland Canal. All the crew were killed, and are named on the Runnymede Memorial.

Sgt Wilmot lived at Bembridge, Isle of Wight.

Information provided by : John Bloodworth