Arthur Dunham Adair was born
on 30 January 1916, son of James
McGillvray and Annie Maria Adair. They lived
in
Fairlight,
Saskatchewan, Canada.
He attended
the rural school, Adair S.D. # 1471, which
was named after the Adair family. In the
summer of 1940, Arthur enlisted in the Royal
Canadian Air Force and became an
observer with 9 squadron.
He was part of Wing Commander James's crew and
was lost on 21 June 1942, on a mission to
Emden.
The crew took
off in Wellington X3713 WS-J at 23.46
on 20 June 194242 from their base Honington.
They were shot down by a night-fighter
piloted by Oblt Egmont Prinz zur Lippe
Weissenfeld, of 11./NJG2.
