Sgt. Armin was serving with 57 Sqdn. He was a crew member of Lancaster III NE127 DX-J which took off from East Kirkby on a mission to Braunschweig and was shot down by a night fighter. Five crew were killed and two were taken prisoner.
Royal Air Force Bomber Command Losses of the Second World War: 1944; W.R. Chorley; 1997; Midland Counties Publications; ISBN 0 904597 91 1
Tony Hibberd has provided the following:
Lancaster NE127 DX-J had departed East Kirkby at 2223 for Ops Braunschweig It was intercepted at 5000M, 5-10km NW of Groningen by a Night-Fighter captained by Uffz Herbert Beyer (VIII/NJG1) and shot down at 0016 for his 1st Abschuss
Nacht Jagd War Diaries Vol 2; Dr Theo Boiten.
Arthur Meakin Armin is remembered at Chester le Street on C105.38 and at West Pelton W112.03