Art Grant
Arthur Gordon Grant (January 20, 1919 – June 12, 1943) was a Canadian professional ice hockey player who played as a goaltender in the Scottish National League for the Ayr Raiders. He also appeared non-professionally for the Winnipeg Monarchs. Early life and hockey career. Grant was born on January 20, 1919, in Montreal to Keith Gordon and Marjory Grant. He joined the Winnipeg Falcon-Rangers of the Manitoba Junior Hockey League in 1937, and played one season there before transferring to the Winnipeg Monarchs. Emigrating to Scotland in 1939, he played for the Ayr Raiders and Fife Flyers  before joining the armed forces. He married in September 1942. Military career and death. Grant served in the Royal Winnipeg Rifles for 6 months as a private. In civilian life, he worked as a clockkeeper during his time in Scotland. Moving back to Canada in July 1940, Grant enlisted in the Royal Canadian Air Force in Winnipeg on February 26, 1941, and was assigned to pilot training, completing the course in January 1943 and being transferred to England thereafter. On June 12, 1943, Pilot Officer Grant took off from RAF Leeming in Handley Page Halifax "JB972" to conduct a raid  on Düsseldorf. Southwest of Rheinberg, Nazi Germany, the aircraft was shot down, killing 3 of the crew members aboard, including Grant. The remaining 4 crew members became prisoners of war, and Grant and the other 2 crew members killed were listed as presumed dead in October 1943. The 3 dead crew had been buried at Monchengladbach after the crash, but were disinterred in 1949 and reburied at Rheinberg War Cemetery.