Arthur Thomas Wheatley
Flight Lieutenant Arthur Thomas Wheatley – killed in action 01.03.1944 aged 22. He was an RAF Bomber Command pilot (service number 42290). F L Wheatley was the son of Anne Alleyne Wheatley, elder daughter of T J Pearson of Park House, Appledore. There is a plaque on a wall in the church of St Peter and St Paul, separate from the commemorative roll of honour, which he does not appear on.
Research has been done on Arthur and the booklet below has been put together by our researcher Alan Tribe on his life. He is buried in the Schoonselhof Cemetary, Belgium.