Wing Commander
Arthur 'Artie' Ashworth
DSO, DFC and Bar,
AFC and Bar
Dedicated to my paternal great uncle
- a WWII bomber and fighter pilot.
And legend in his time.
Photos of Arthur Ashworth
All photos on this page © Ashworth Family
Arthur and his brother, Corran,
Wellington, New Zealand, c.1939
No 11 RNZAF Course Rongotai, October 1939
Arthur Ashworth is front row,
3rd from right
Pupil Officers
No 1 Elementary Flying Training School
RNZAF Station Taieri, 1939
Arthur Ashworth is front row,
4th from left,
Half of No. 11 pilots course
No. 1 Service Flying Training School
RNZAF Station Wigram, March 1940
Arthur Ashworth is front row,
2nd from right
Arthur Ashworth and Crew (L to R):
Sgt Ted McSherry (N),
P/O Artie Ashworth,
P/O Wilson (2ndP),
and Sgt Broad, May 1941
Somewhere in the Western Desert, 1941
(Arthur Ashworth far right)
Arthur and Corran Ashworth
England, 1942
Arthur Ashworth (front, 2nd from right) briefs the crew prior to takeoff
Jamaica, 1955
Arthur and Kay Ashworth, c.1955
Arthur is introduced to the Mayor of Kingston by the Governor General,
Sir Hugh Foot
Jamaica, 1955
With nephew Stanley Koberstein
Stonhenge, c. 1960
Arthur and youngest brother, Vince
- Yemen in the late 1970s to early 80s.
Arthur with his only son - named, of course, Corran. Gibraltar, 1991
The Distinguished Poppy Seller.*
With wife Kay
His last Remembrance Day, 1993
*Arthur's son, Corran, related how in November each year, as Remembrance Day approached, Arthur would stand outside the most vicious pub in the neighbourhood from 9am to 9pm selling poppies for the British Legion. 'Even the nastiest thugs would take one look at a quite short, bald old man in smart trench coat wearing the most medals they had ever seen in the movies, and would hand over some cash.'