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.
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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