Service Number: R/65177
Age: 22
Force: Air Force
Unit: Royal Canadian Air Force
Division: 40 (R.A.F.) Sqdn
Son of George U. Irving and Lola Mae Irving, of Pictou, Nova Scotia, Canada
Sergeant Irving was one of ten airmen killed when Wellington (#X9974) aircraft crashed soon after take-off from RAF Hampstead Norris. The Wellington had set out on a ferry mission.
The ten casualties of this accident were:-
RAF Sergeant Edward John BEARD,
RCAF Sergeant David Young Nurse CROSBY,
RAFVR Corporal George Ian Frederick DAVIES,
RAFVR Sergeant Victor John HALE,
RAF Flight Sergeant Harry HIGGINSON,
RCAF Sergeant Allister Nelson IRVING,
RAFVR Pilot Officer Alan LODGE,
RAFVR Leading Aircraftman Clifford ROBSON,
RCAF Pilot Officer George Randall Clyffurde SAUNDERS and
RCAF Sergeant Hoyt Leslie STEADMAN.
Sergeant Allister Nelson Irving is commemorated on Page 33 of Canada's Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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Service Number: R/65177
Age: 22
Force: Air Force
Unit: Royal Canadian Air Force
Division: 40 (R.A.F.) Sqdn
Son of George U. Irving and Lola Mae Irving, of Pictou, Nova Scotia, Canada
Sergeant Irving was one of ten airmen killed when Wellington (#X9974) aircraft crashed soon after take-off from RAF Hampstead Norris. The Wellington had set out on a ferry mission.
The ten casualties of this accident were:-
RAF Sergeant Edward John BEARD,
RCAF Sergeant David Young Nurse CROSBY,
RAFVR Corporal George Ian Frederick DAVIES,
RAFVR Sergeant Victor John HALE,
RAF Flight Sergeant Harry HIGGINSON,
RCAF Sergeant Allister Nelson IRVING,
RAFVR Pilot Officer Alan LODGE,
RAFVR Leading Aircraftman Clifford ROBSON,
RCAF Pilot Officer George Randall Clyffurde SAUNDERS and
RCAF Sergeant Hoyt Leslie STEADMAN.
Sergeant Allister Nelson Irving is commemorated on Page 33 of Canada's Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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HERE LIES HIS BODY,
HIS SOUL RESTS WITH HIS GOD
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