Flight Sergeant Aitken was one of eight Canadian airmen killed in the crash of 1659 HCU's Halifax (#W1241) aircraft in the S.E corner of the aerodrome at Lemming, Yorkshire.
The airmen who perished in this aircraft accident were:-
Flight Sergeant Alexander Patterson Morris AITKEN,
Sergeant George Edward CLARKE,
Sergeant Roy Stanley GREENGRASS,
Flight Sergeant Albert Wordie LECKIE,
Flying Officer William George McLAUGHLIN,
Flying Officer Arnold Beldon SHIVES and
Flight Sergeant Lawrence TAYLOR.
Military Service:-
Rank: Flight Sergeant
Trade: Flight Engineer
Service Number: R/86972
Age: 20
Force: Air Force
Unit: Royal Canadian Air Force
Division: #1659 Heavy Conversion Unit (HCU); RAF Leeming, Yorkshire
Honours/Citations: Defence Medal, War Medal 1939-45, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and Clasp.
A truck driver/garage mechanic by trade and residing in Hinton, Alberta, Canada, he enlisted in the RCAF on 28 Feb 1941 in Eddmonton, Alberta.
Son of William and Christina Philip (née Spittal) Aitken of Edmonton [both parents born in Scotland].
Flight Sergeant Alexander Patterson Morris Aitken is commemorated on Page 130 of Canada's Second World War Book of Remembrance.
He is also commemorated by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
Flight Sergeant Aitken was one of eight Canadian airmen killed in the crash of 1659 HCU's Halifax (#W1241) aircraft in the S.E corner of the aerodrome at Lemming, Yorkshire.
The airmen who perished in this aircraft accident were:-
Flight Sergeant Alexander Patterson Morris AITKEN,
Sergeant George Edward CLARKE,
Sergeant Roy Stanley GREENGRASS,
Flight Sergeant Albert Wordie LECKIE,
Flying Officer William George McLAUGHLIN,
Flying Officer Arnold Beldon SHIVES and
Flight Sergeant Lawrence TAYLOR.
Military Service:-
Rank: Flight Sergeant
Trade: Flight Engineer
Service Number: R/86972
Age: 20
Force: Air Force
Unit: Royal Canadian Air Force
Division: #1659 Heavy Conversion Unit (HCU); RAF Leeming, Yorkshire
Honours/Citations: Defence Medal, War Medal 1939-45, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and Clasp.
A truck driver/garage mechanic by trade and residing in Hinton, Alberta, Canada, he enlisted in the RCAF on 28 Feb 1941 in Eddmonton, Alberta.
Son of William and Christina Philip (née Spittal) Aitken of Edmonton [both parents born in Scotland].
Flight Sergeant Alexander Patterson Morris Aitken is commemorated on Page 130 of Canada's Second World War Book of Remembrance.
He is also commemorated by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
Inscription
(Epitaph...)
AT THE GOING DOWN OF THE SUN
AND IN THE MORNING
WE WILL REMEMBER THEM.
MUM DAD BILLY AND JIMMIE
Family Members
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Records on Ancestry
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Web: UK and Allied Countries, Index of International Bomber Command Losses, 1936-1966
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Web: Canada, Virtual War Memorial Index, 1900-2014
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UK, World War II Index to Allied Airmen Roll of Honour, 1939-1945
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Canada, World War II Records and Service Files of War Dead, 1939-1947
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Web: Scotland, National War Memorial Index, 1914-1945
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