- Fate
- Served and survived
Biography
Sergeant Arthur S. W. Orchard was the rear gunner and sole survivor of the crash of Lancaster EE118 at Wimbotsham on 29 September 1943. He survived the war and died in 1998.
Crew & operations
Flew as Rear gunner with No. 156 Squadron.
- Lost on EE118 (Avro Lancaster) — Crashed on return
Crew: David Robert Booker (Bomb aimer) · William Alf Lineham (Flight engineer) · Frederick Donald Dickens (Mid-upper gunner) · Sydney Kent Smith (Navigator) · Frederick Harry Ray (Pilot) · Norman Percy Winterburn (Wireless operator)