CALEY, ARTHUR ASHTONRank:SergeantService No:1377873Date of Death:25/06/1943Age:27Regiment/Service:Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve 7 Sqdn.Panel ReferencePanel 144.MemorialRUNNYMEDE MEMORIALAdditional Information:Son of Arthur Henry and Gladys Violet Caley; husband of Mary Maxima Caley, of Shilton, Oxfordshire.  http://www.aircrewremembered.com/savage-john.html 24/25.06.1943 No. 7 Squadron Stirling III EF392 MG-N Sq/Ldr. John R. Savage Operation:  Wuppertal Date:  24/25th June 1943 Unit: No. 7 Squadron Type: Stirling III 
Serial: EF392 
Code: MG-N Base: R.A.F. Oakington, Cambridgeshire Location: North Sea – exact location unknown Pilot: Sq/Ldr. John Ronald Savage AUS/402882 R.A.A.F. Age 26. Missing Pilot 2: P/O. Frederick John Haines 149607 R.A.F.V.R. Age ? Missing Fl/Eng: Fl/Sgt. Godfrey Hippesley Cox 569405 R.A.F. Age 23. Missing Nav: Fl/Sgt. Sidney James Barnes 656215 R.A.F. Age 23. Killed Air/Bmr: Sgt. Sydney Arthur Errington 1507631 R.A.F.V.R. Age ? Missing W/Op: Sgt. Arthur Ashton Caley 1377873 R.A.F.V.R. Age 27. Missing Air/Gnr: Fl/Sgt. Norman Robert Morrison R/140004 R.C.A.F. Age 19. Missing Air/Gnr: Sgt. Derek Richard Spanton 1323191 R.A.F.V.R. Age 21. Missing REASON FOR LOSS: Took off at 2328 from RAF Oakington to attack the Elberfeld half of Wuppertal, the Barmen half of the town having been devastated at the end of May. The Pathfinder marking was accurate and the Main Force bombing started well but the creep-back became more pronounced than usual. 30 aircraft bombed targets in more western parts of the Ruhr (Wuppertal was at the eastern end of the area). A total of 171 factories and businesses were destroyed and another 53 seriously affected. There was also an estimated 18.000 people lost their lives.  Believed to be shot down by Lt. Heinz Strüning 2./NJG1 at 03:02 over the Dutch coast, crashing into the North sea. The body of Fl/Sgt. Barnes was eventually washed ashore and is buried in Bergen General Cemetery, the others have no known graves.     One of three 7 Squadron Stirlings lost on this operation:    Stirling R9281 MG-V flown by F/O. Arthur J. Davis killed along with his 6 other crew members.    Stirling ED595 MG-Q flown by W/Cmdr. Robert G. Barrell D.S.O. D.F.C. and bar, killed with 2 other crew members with a further 3 made pow’s and another escaping capture. 3 D.F.M’s and 2 D.F.C’s held by members of this crew. - See more at: http://www.aircrewremembered.com/savage-john.html#sthash.jIWad2Rp.dpuf