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1 | Alexander | Edward Sudbury | Sgt F/Sgt P/O F/O F/L S/L | ![]() ![]() | DFC![]() DFM ![]() | KIA Age 24 | R J | 58623 15543 | NAV | RCAF 3 AOS (RCAF) 2 B&GS (RCAF) 1 ANS (RCAF) 3 PRC (RCAF) 12 OTU (RAF) 419 Sqd (RCAF) 23 OTU (RAF) 97 Sqd (RAF) 156 Sqd (RAF) 156 Sqd (RAF) Last Op | X Anson Anson Anson X Wellington Wellington Halifax Lancaster Lancaster Lancaster ND357 | 3 Sep 1940 - Enlisted in RCAF 3 March 1941 26 May 1941 8 July 1941 23 Aug 1941 - UK 21 Oct 1941 18 Jan 1942 4 Sept 1942 31 May 1943 17 June 1943 14 Jan 1944 - Night fighter | Distinguished Flying Cross - No.156 Squadron - Award effective 10 January 1944 as per London Gazette dated 18 January 1944 and AFRO 410/44 dated 25 February 1944. Distinguished Flying Medal - No.419 Squadron - Award effective 22 May 1942 as per London Gazette of that date and AFRO 880-881/42 dated 12 June 1942. (Information courtesy Francois Dutil). Commemorated Bergen-Op-Zoom War Cemetery, Coll. Grave 29. B. 2. Netherlands (Holland). Son Of Dan Robert And Sybil Alexander; Husband Of Karewera Rosalia Alexander, Of Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada. | Veterans Affairs Canada Accident report 419 Squadron 1939-45 Aircrew Deaths Database |
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2 | Alexander | R.W. | F/L S/L | DFC![]() | KIA | J | 2833 | PLT | 437 Sqd Last Op - 437 Sqd | Dakota Dakota KG 387 | X - 21 Sep 44 (**B) 21 Sep 44 - KIA - Arnhem | ||||
3 | Alexander | Robert Wilfred | Squadron Leader | ![]() | DFC | Killed 1944-09-21 Age 24 | J/2833 | 437 Sqd | Commemorated Bergen-Op-Zoom War Cemetery, Coll. Grave 24. C. 1-3. Netherlands (Holland). Son Of Wilfred And Isobel Johnston Hagan Alexander; Husband Of Mildred Florence Alexander, Of Sarnia, Ontario, Canada. | Aircrew Deaths Database | |||||
4 | Aubrey | Gordon Alexander | Sgt P/O F/O | ![]() ![]() ![]() | DFC![]() | KIFA Age 31 | R J | 105186 35746 | NAV | RCAF 20 EFTS (RCAF) RCAF 1 AOS (RCAF) 3 PRC (RCAF) 3 AFU (RAF) 26 OTU (RAF) 1666 CU (RAF) 427 Sqd (RCAF) 415 Sqd (RCAF) 415 Sqd (RCAF) 415 Sqd (RCAF) 24 OTU (RAF) 3 (P)AFU (RAF) | X X X Anson X Anson Wellington Halifax Halifax Halifax Halifax LL593 Halifax MZ946 Wellington Oxford DF332 | 22 May 1941 - Enlisted in RCAF - Link Instructor 27 June 1941 - Ground duties 15 Jan 1943 - Remustered aircrew 1 May 1943 30 Oct 1943 - UK 11 Jan 1944 22 Feb 1944 17 May 1944 13 June 1944 25 July 1944 11 Sep 1944 - Flak - RTB on 3 engines 12 Sep 1944 - Flak damage - RTB 1 Dec 1944 - Instructor 29 Apr 1945 - Crashed in bad weather | Distinguished Flying Cross - No.415 Squadron - Award effective 5 February 1945 as per London Gazette dated 16 February 1945 and AFRO 563/45 dated 29 March 1945. Commemorated Brookwood Military Cemetery, 50. A. 4. United Kingdom. Son of Alexander and Marion Aubrey, of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. (Information courtesy Francois Dutil) | Veterans Affairs Canada Yorkshire Aircraft Co - 11 Sep Yorkshire Aircraft Co - 12 Sep Accident Report - Apr 45 |
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5 | Barry | William Alexander Renton | Sgt P/O F/O F/L ---------- F/L S/L W/C | ![]() | DFC![]() | R J ------- No | X 16116 ------- X | NAV | RCAF 5 AOS (RCAF) 3 B&G S (RCAF) 1 ANS (RCAF) 3 PRC (RCAF) 1474 SDF (RAF) 192 Sqd (RAF) RCAF ------------ RCAF 408 Sqd (RCAF) RCAF Staff College HQ Ottawa ADC St-Hubert RCAF Cold Lake | X Stinson Anson Anson X Mosquito & Wellington Mosquito & Halifax X ------------ X Lancaster X X X X | 20 March 1941 - Enlisted in the RCAF 20 June 1941 8 Nov 1941 20 Dec 1941 3 Feb 1942 - UK 1942/43 1943/44 25 Sep 1944 - Repatriated -------------------- 1946/49 Ground duties 1950 - Aerial surveying 1953 1953/55 1955/61 1961 Base DCO | Distinguished Flying Cross - No.1474 Flight - Award effective 3 February 1943 as per London Gazette dated 9 February 1943 and AFRO 373/43 dated 5 March 1943. Deceased 8 May 2006. (Information courtesy Francois Dutil) | |||
6 | Barton | Robert Alexander 'Butch' | P/O F/O F/L S/L W/C | ![]() ![]() ![]() | DFC![]() | RAF CAN | RAF | 37664 | PLT | RAF 41 Sqd 249 Sqd 272 Sqd ------------------------ RAF | X Spitfire Hurricane Beaufighter ------------------- X | 27 Jan 36 - Joined the RAF 11 Oct 36 - 15 May 40 - 1940 - CO until posted on 08 Dec 41 - Jan 42 - ----------------------------------------------------------------- Postwar RAF - Retired in 1959 - | Battle of Britain. Wounded on 1940-09-15 at 15:30hrs. He was shot down in his Hurricane I (V6625) over Shell Haven, Essex by a Bf 109.Retired Feb 1959 as Wing Commander 2010 Born Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada, 7 June 1916 “Butch” Barton joined the Royal Air Force at age 19, travelling to England to take a short service commission. He started his career before the war on biplane fighters with 41 Squadron. With the outbreak of the war, Barton joined 249 Squadron flying Hurricanes at RAF Boscombe Down. He became a flight commander with 249 during the Battle of Britain, once bailing from his Hurricane after it was hit from return fire from a Dornier Do 17 bomber. By the end of the Battle of Britain, he was awarded a DFC for his “outstanding leadership”. With 249 Squadron, he also took part on the air war over Malta, adding to the total of his victories. Under Barton’s leadership, 249 Squadron became one of the most respected and lethal units on Malta and in the RAF. By war’s end he was a Wing Commander with 14 victories to his credit. The Battle of Britain London Monument web page says this about Barton: “During his career he had always tried to maintain the highest standards of chivalry, once severely reprimanding an inexperienced colleague who had finished off a damaged German aircraft, killing the pilot as he was attempting to crash-land over England... “Butch” Barton died on 2nd September 2010. His ashes were scattered on his favourite lake in British Columbia on the morning of 15th September, Battle of Britain Day.” | Allied Losses Database Battle of Britain Database |
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7 | Brown | Raymond Alexander | P/O F/O F/L | ![]() | DFC![]() | J | 21136 | PLT | RCAF 13 EFTS (RCAF) 2 SFTS (RCAF) RCAF 5 (P)AFU (RAF) 59 OTU (RAF) 182 Sqd (RAF) 439 Sqd (RCAF) 439 Sqd (RCAF) 439 Sqd (RCAF) R Depot (RCAF) 438 Sqd (RCAF) RCAF RCAF | X Finch Harvard X Oxford Hurricane Typhoon Typhoon Typhoon MN663 Typhoon MN375 X Typhoon X X | 4 Nov 1941 - Enlisted in the RCAF 6 June 1942 1 Aug 1942 29 Dec 1942 - UK 20 Apr 1943 8 June 1943 21 Aug 1943 29 Feb 1944 23 June 1944 - Hit by flak - Bailed off the Isle of Wight on RTB 18 Aug 1944 - Injured by flak - RTB 31 Aug 1944 - Convalescence in UK 7 March 1945 - NL 7 Aug 1945 - Repatriated 16 Oct 1945 - Released from the RCAF | ![]() Distinguished Flying Cross - No.438 Squadron. Award effective 3 September 1945 as per London Gazette dated 14 September 1945 and AFRO 1672/45 dated 2 November 1945. (Information courtesy Francois Dutil) | Accident report MN663 Accident report MN375 Back to Normandy Losses and Incidents Database RCAFA Awards Database |
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8 | Brown | James Pirie | Flight Sergeant | ![]() ![]() | Killed 1945-02-01 Age | R | 220677 | Mid upper gunner | 166 Sqd Last Op - 166 Sqd ![]() | Lancaster Mk I ND648 AS-O | X - 01 Feb 45 - Tgt = Ludwigshafen - Germany - 01 Feb 45 - KIA - See F/L E. Spankie - DFC - Attacking Ludwigshaven. Missing, nothing heard from after take off | Commemorated Rheinberg War Cemetery, Coll. grave 8. E. 3-6. Germany. Crew Members: Sgt. Raymond Stennett RAF 1590355 - Flight Engineer: Sgt. Hugh Henry Taggert RAF 553937 - Air Bomber: Flt. Lt. John Edward Shannon DFC RAF 87419 - Navigator: Sgt. Alexander McIvor RAF 1573475 - Wireless Operator: Flt. Lt. Edward Gray Spankie DFC Pilot RCAF J/86068: Flt. Sgt. James Pirie Brown Mid Upper Gunner RCAF R/220677: Sgt. Francis Alma Coombs Rear Gunner RCAF J/92482 | Aircrew Deaths Database | ||
9 | Buchanan | Douglass John Alexander | Flight Lieutenant | ![]() | DFC | Killed 1945-02-05 Age 24 | J/17456 | Commemorated Hotton War Cemetery, IV. B. 3. Belgium. Son Of John Alexander Buchanan And Alma Valetta Douglass Buchanan, Of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. | Aircrew Deaths Database | ||||||
10 | Cobb | Nelson Alexander | Flight Lieutenant | ![]() | DFC | Killed 1943-06-29 Age 21 | J/16276 | 35 Sqd | Commemorated Rheinberg War Cemetery, 11. B. 11. Germany. Son Of Herbert Sullivan Cobb And Ella May Cobb, Of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. | Aircrew Deaths Database | |||||
11 | Coombs | Francis Alma | Sgt Pilot Officer | ![]() | Killed 1945-02-01 Age 25 | R J | 211613 92482 | Rear Gunner | 166 Sqd 166 Sqd (RAF) ![]() | Lancaster Mk I ND648 AS-O | X - 01 Feb 45 - Ref F/L E. Spankie (**B) 01 Feb 45 - KIA - TGT = Ludwigshaven - Germany Attacking Ludwigshaven. Missing, nothing heard from after take off | Commemorated Rheinberg War Cemetery, Coll. grave 8. E. 3-6. Germany. Son Of Bertram John And Hannah Coombs; Husband Of Edith L. T. Coombs, Of Rosemary, Alberta, Canada. Crew Members: Sgt. Raymond Stennett RAF 1590355 - Flight Engineer: Sgt. Hugh Henry Taggert RAF 553937 - Air Bomber: Flt. Lt. John Edward Shannon DFC RAF 87419 - Navigator: Sgt. Alexander McIvor RAF 1573475 - Wireless Operator: Flt. Lt. Edward Gray Spankie DFC Pilot RCAF J/86068: Flt. Sgt. James Pirie Brown Mid Upper Gunner RCAF R/220677: Sgt. Francis Alma Coombs Rear Gunner RCAF J/92482 | Aircrew Deaths Database | ||
12 | Doucette | Alexandre Theodore | Flying Officer | DFC | Killed 1943-04-15 Age 24 | J/15960 | 425 Sqd | Commemorated Mussey-Sur-Marne Communal Cemetery, Coll. Grave 151-154. France. Son Of Joseph Alexander And Leda Marie Doucette, Of Sudbury, Ontario, Canada. | Aircrew Deaths Database | ||||||
13 | Fraser | Alexander Donald | Flying Officer | ![]() | DFC | Killed 1945-04-03 Age | J/90500 | Commemorated Ramleh War Cemetery, 5. M. 9. Israel and Palestine (including Gaza). | Aircrew Deaths Database | ||||||
14 | Healey | Wilbert Arley | Flight Lieutenant | ![]() | DFC | Killed 1944-04-30 Age 30 | J/21121 | 49 Sqd (RAF) | Commemorated Cambridge City Cemetery, Grave 14163. United Kingdom. Son Of Henry Alexander And Abigail Jane Toffey Healey, Of Parry Sound, Ontario, Canada. | Aircrew Deaths Database | |||||
15 | Kent | John Alexander | P/O F/O F/L S/L W/C ------- W/C G/C | ![]() | DFC & Bar![]() AFC ![]() Virtuti Militari 5th cl. (Poland) ![]() | Canadian in RAF | 37106 | PLT | RAF 9 FTS (RAF) 19 Sqd (RAF) RAE PDU 7 OTU (RAF) 84 Sqd (RAF) RAE 303 Sqd (RAF) 92 Sqd (RAF) 53 OTU (RAF) RAF Northolt RAF Kenley 53 OTU (RAF) 53 OTU (RAF) Special Duty List Air Ministry Unit Air Ministry Church Fenton Fighter Cmd HQ HQ Middle East 17 SUR ADEM 217 Group (RAF) 234 Wing (RAF) HQ Middle East 23 Group HQ 7 FIS (RAF) 3 (P) AFU (RAF) ------------------- RAF Post War RAF | X Moth Gauntlet X X Master & Spitfire X X Hurricane Spitfire Spitfire Hurricane & Spitfire Hurricane & Spitfire Spitfire Spitfire X X X X X X X X X Hurricane X X Moth & Harvard Master ------------------- X X | 15 Mar 1935 - Enlisted in the RAF 30 May 1935 29 Feb 1936 19 Oct 1937 13 May 1940 15 July 1940 18 July 1940 23 July 1940 27 July 1940 17 Oct 1940 5 March 1941 - Chief Flying Instructor 6 June 1941 - Wing Commander 31 July 1941 - Wing Commander 2 Oct 1941 - Chief Flying Instructor 11 Dec 1941 - Supernumerary 5 Jan 1942 - Lecture tour of Canada and the US 22 June 1942 - Supernumerary 22 June 1942 - (DDTG) 30 June 1942 - Commanding Officer 15 Sep 1942 - Training 27 Dec 1942 - Middle East 27 Dec 1942 - Middle East 5 Aug 1943 - MIddle East 18 Dec 1943 - Fighter Sweep Leader 15 Jan 1944 - Flying 15 Feb 1944 - Supernumerary 13 Apr 1944 - Supernumerary 19 Apr 1944 - Flying 5 July 1944 - Commanding Officer ------------------------------------------------------------- X - Need details Ret from the RAF - admits that was a mistake! | ![]() (Photo: 28 April 1942 - At left, W/C J.A. Kent DFC & Bar AFC, from Winnipeg, Man. chatting air tactics with W/C N.W. Timmerman DSO DFC, from Kingston,Ont.) Bar to Distinguished Flying Cross - Kenley Wing awarded as per London Gazette dated 21 October 1941. Distinguished Flying Cross - No.303 Squadron - awarded as per London Gazette dated 25 October 1940. Air Force Cross - awarded as per London Gazette dated 2 January 1939. Virtuti Militare, 5th Class - awarded as per London Gazette dated 16 January 1941. Known as 'Kentowski' by Polish 303 pilots during Battle of Britain. (Aircrew Remembered is in close contact with John Kent's daughter.) (Information amended and completed courtesy of Francois Dutil) | RCAFA Awards database Flying For Your Life |
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16 | Lamont | Robert Alexander | P/O F/O F/L ------- F/O F/L S/L | ![]() | DFC![]() | J -------- No. | 22906 -------- 20159 | NAV | RCAF 1 ITS (RCAF) 1 AOS (RCAF) 3 PRC (RCAF) 10 (O) AFU (RAF) 30 OTU (RAF) 1667 HCU (RAF) 100 Sqd (RAF) 1 Group HQ (RAF) 12 Base (RAF) 13 Base (RAF) 64 base (RCAF) RCAF RCAF Debert ANS (RCAF) RCAF Greenwood --------------------- ANS (RCAF) 10 Group HQ (RCAF) Empire Air Navigation School 10 Group HQ (RCAF) ANS (RCAF) AFHQ Staff College Res Officcers School RCAF Aylmer Res Officcers School AFHQ 1 Air Division HQ (RCAF) AFHQ RCAF | X X Anson X Anson & Oxford Wellington Lancaster Lancaster X X X X X X X X --------------------- X X Lancaster X X X X X X X X X X X | 1 Apr 1942 - Enlisted in the RCAF 1 Aug 1942 26 Sep 1942 17 March 1943 - UK 19 July 1943 30 Aug 1943 23 Nov 1943 8 April 1944 30 Oct 1944 17 Nov 1944 2 Apr 1945 31 May 1945 13 June 1945 - Repatriated to Canada 20 July 1945 20 July 1945 14 Dec 1945 --------------------- 7 March 1946 10 Apr 1947 14 Apr 1947 - UK 20 Oct 1947 28 Oct 1947 29 Aug 1949 1 Sep 1952 5 May 1953 1 May 1954 30 April 1955 27 July 1956 10 Aug 1961 4 July 1964 18 March 1966 - Retired from the RCAF | Distinguished Flying Cross - No.100 Squadron - Award effective 5 February 1945 as per London Gazette dated 20 February 1945 and AFRO 563/45 dated 29 March 1945. Died in New Westminster, British Columbia, 29 September 1982. (Information courtesy of Francois Dutil) | RCAFA Awards database | ||
17 | MacKenzie | Kenneth Alexander | Flying Officer | ![]() | DFC | Killed 1942-11-08 Age 30 | J/5050 | 9 Sqd (RAF) | Commemorated Lincoln (Newport) Cemetery, Sec. H. Grave 316 North. United Kingdom. Son Of Kenneth James Mackenzie And Anne Mackenzie, Of Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Husband Of Vera Jane Mackenzie, Of Toronto. | Aircrew Deaths Database | |||||
18 | Mackie | Alexander Morton | Flying Officer | ![]() | DFC | Killed 1945-01-12 Age 30 | J/88245 | 424 Sqd | Commemorated Runnymede Memorial, Panel 279. United Kingdom. Son Of George Ogilvie Mackie And May Mackie, Of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada; Husband Of Alice Grace Mackie, Of Winnipeg. | Aircrew Deaths Database | |||||
19 | MacLeod | Wesley Alexander | Sgt F/Sgt WO2 P/O F/O | DFC![]() | R J | 161894 90866 | BA | RCAF 1 B&GS (RCAF) 9 AOS (RCAF) 3 PRC (RCAF) 415 Sqd (RCAF) 415 Sqd (RCAF) 415 Sqd (RCAF) 415 Sqd (RCAF) RCAF RCAF | X Bolinbroke Anson X Halifax Halifax LK765 Halifax LW686 Halifax NA608 X X | 25 May 1942 - Enlisted in RCAF 20 March 1943 26 June 1943 25 Aug 1943 - UK Aug to Nov 1944 5 Aug 1944 - Flak damaged - RTB 7 Aug 1944 - Overshot runway on landing 12 Sep 1944 - Flak damaged - RTB 7 Feb 1945 - Repatriated 27 March 1945 - Released | Distinguished Flying Cross - No.415 Squadron - Award effective 15 March 1945 as per London Gazette dated 27 March 1945 and AFRO 1127/45 dated 6 July 1945. (Information courtesy Francois Dutil) | Yorkshire Aircraft Co - 5 Aug 44 Yorkshire Aircraft Co - 7 Aug 44 Yorkshire Aircraft Co - 12 Sep 44 |
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20 | MacLeod | John Leslie | Flight Lieutenant | ![]() | DFC | Killed 1947-10-18 Age 30 | 20052 | 413 Sqd | Commemorated Ottawa Memorial, Panel 4. Column 4. Canada. Son Of Donald Alexander And Blanche Louisa Macleod, Of Cornwall, Ontario; Husband Of Dorothy Alice Macleod. | Aircrew Deaths Database | |||||
21 | Mair | Alexander Campbell | Wing Commander | ![]() | DFC | Killed 1943-11-27 Age 28 | C/1635 | 408 Sqd (RCAF) | Commemorated Runnymede Memorial, Panel 172. United Kingdom. | Aircrew Deaths Database | |||||
22 | McCaffrey | John Harold Alexander | Pilot Officer | ![]() | DFC | Killed 1944-07-29 Age 23 | J/86046 | 408 Sqd (RCAF) | Commemorated Runnymede Memorial, Panel 251. United Kingdom. Son Of John And Margaret Mccaffrey; Husband Of Madeline Mccaffrey, Of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. | Aircrew Deaths Database | |||||
23 | Robertson | James Duncan Alexander | Flying Officer | ![]() | DFC | Killed 1945-05-01 Age 22 | J/29252 | 160 Sqd (RAF) | Commemorated Singapore Memorial, Column 456. Singapore. Son Of Frederick Henry Robertson And Madge Robertson,(Nee Goodey) Of St Andrew, Jamaica. | Aircrew Deaths Database | |||||
24 | Spankie | Edward Gray | Sgt Flight Lieutenant | ![]() ![]() | DFC![]() | Killed 1945-02-01 Age 29 | R J | X 86068 | PLT | 166 Sqd![]() | Lancaster Mk I ND648 AS-O | Attacking Ludwigshaven. Missing, nothing heard from after take off | Commemorated Rheinberg War Cemetery, Coll. grave 8. E. 3-6. Germany. Son Of James And Helen Spankie; Husband Of Dorothy E. Spankie, Of Stettler, Alberta, Canada. Crew Members: Sgt. Raymond Stennett RAF 1590355 - Flight Engineer: Sgt. Hugh Henry Taggert RAF 553937 - Air Bomber: Flt. Lt. John Edward Shannon DFC RAF 87419 - Navigator: Sgt. Alexander McIvor RAF 1573475 - Wireless Operator: Flt. Lt. Edward Gray Spankie DFC Pilot RCAF J/86068: Flt. Sgt. James Pirie Brown Mid Upper Gunner RCAF R/220677: Sgt. Francis Alma Coombs Rear Gunner RCAF J/92482 | Aircrew Deaths Database | |
25 | Urquhart | Robert Alexander | Flying Officer | ![]() | DFC | Killed 1943-05-17 Age | J/9763 | 617 (RAF) Sqd | Commemorated Reichswald Forest War Cemetery, Coll. Grave 5. B. 16-18. Germany. Son Of Mr. And Mrs. Alexander J. Urquhart. | Aircrew Deaths Database |
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