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Leading Aircraftman Alfred Edmund Pittman

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Leading Aircraftman Alfred Edmund Pittman

Birth
Death
17 Aug 1959 (aged 23)
France
Burial
Choloy-Menillot, Departement de Meurthe-et-Moselle, Lorraine, France Add to Map
Plot
Section 8 - Row C - Grave 2
Memorial ID
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1958 Sept Quarter marriage "registration"-
Names: PITTMAN, Alfred E---and---LEATHERLAND, Christine M
District: Nottingham [Vol & Page: 3c & 913]

Extracts from the 1 Wing Historical Narrative:-
20 Aug 1959
The Station Pipe Band played at a funeral parade for 223569 LAC A.E. Pittman who was killed in an RCAF T-33 aircraft accident on 17 Aug 1959.

Military Service:-
Rank: Leading Aircraftman
Service Number: 223569
Age: 23
Force: Air Force
Unit: No 1 (Fighter) Wing, Marville, France

Born in Trinity Bay, in the Dominion of Newfoundland [at that time Newfoundland was NOT part of Canada, only joining Canada in 1949], he was the son of James Pittman of Trinity Bay, Newfoundland and son of the late Selena Pittman; husband of Christine Mary (née Leatherland) Pittman of Wilford, Nottingham, England [in 1968, widowed Christine Pittman married John A. Chapman in Colchester, Essex, England]; father of Edmund Pittman.

Leading Aircraftman Alfred Edmund Pittman is commemorated on Page 94 of the 'In the Service of Canada' Book of Remembrance.
1958 Sept Quarter marriage "registration"-
Names: PITTMAN, Alfred E---and---LEATHERLAND, Christine M
District: Nottingham [Vol & Page: 3c & 913]

Extracts from the 1 Wing Historical Narrative:-
20 Aug 1959
The Station Pipe Band played at a funeral parade for 223569 LAC A.E. Pittman who was killed in an RCAF T-33 aircraft accident on 17 Aug 1959.

Military Service:-
Rank: Leading Aircraftman
Service Number: 223569
Age: 23
Force: Air Force
Unit: No 1 (Fighter) Wing, Marville, France

Born in Trinity Bay, in the Dominion of Newfoundland [at that time Newfoundland was NOT part of Canada, only joining Canada in 1949], he was the son of James Pittman of Trinity Bay, Newfoundland and son of the late Selena Pittman; husband of Christine Mary (née Leatherland) Pittman of Wilford, Nottingham, England [in 1968, widowed Christine Pittman married John A. Chapman in Colchester, Essex, England]; father of Edmund Pittman.

Leading Aircraftman Alfred Edmund Pittman is commemorated on Page 94 of the 'In the Service of Canada' Book of Remembrance.


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  • Created by: SJB Hearn
  • Added: Sep 29, 2012
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/97985981/alfred_edmund-pittman: accessed ), memorial page for Leading Aircraftman Alfred Edmund Pittman (23 Apr 1936–17 Aug 1959), Find a Grave Memorial ID 97985981, citing Choloy War Cemetery, Choloy-Menillot, Departement de Meurthe-et-Moselle, Lorraine, France; Maintained by SJB Hearn (contributor 46864594).