Arvid Wilhelm Tillman

The fatal day At 13:15 a lone Soviet bomber flying at 3,000 metres (9,800 ft) dropped three 100 kg (220 lb) bombs on Tarmo. The first bomb missed the icebreaker and exploded harmlessly on ice in front of the ship, but the second hit the foredeck, destroying the anchors, and the third penetrated the wooden weather deck in front of the bridge and detonated on the tweendeck. The blast immediately killed 38 crew members and wounded ten, one of whom died later in hospital, and started a fire that quickly spread aft. By 18:00 the fire department had the blaze, which had ignited the ammunition stores and destroyed nearly all wooden parts from amidships aft, under control. The bow of Tarmo had been reduced to a pile of mangled pipes, twisted frames and torn plating, from which the twin barrels of the forward 120 mm guns were pointing to the sky. Her forward engine room was full of water that had frozen around the steam engine.

Suomen sodissa 1939-1945 menehtyneiden tietokanta

Sotilasarvo: matruusi
Joukko-osasto: Jäänsärkijä Tarmo (Js.Tarmo; js. Tarmo)
Siviilisääty: naimaton
Lapsia: 0
Kansalaisuus: Suomi
Kansallisuus: Suomi
Äidinkieli: ruotsi
Lisätietoa: jäänsärkijä Tarmon pommitus

Lähteet

1. Kuolinasiakirja: Tillman, Arvid Vilhelm: SAHA3, warsa: http://ldf.fi/warsa/casualties/p254588 / Viitattu 30.04.2020
2. Kaatuneiden henkilöasiakirjat (kokoelma) - Tillman Arvid Vilhelm, 02.09.1903, jaksot 1-8; Kansallisarkisto: http://digi.narc.fi/digi/view.ka?kuid=82643685 (1. jakso) / Viitattu 30.04.2020
3. Kansaneläkelaitoksen henkilökortit -arkisto - Vuosina 1939-1945 kuolleiden henkilöiden hakemistokortit -1--1 (103, Tillgren, Matti - Tolonen, Sofia), jakso 57: TILLMAN ARVID VILHELM 02.09.1903 Pernaja; Kansallisarkisto: http://digi.narc.fi/digi/view.ka?kuid=42734746 / Viitattu 30.04.2020