424 Squadron's Handley Page Halifax BIII (#LV970) aircraft, with an aircrew of seven, was participating in a night air operation over the rail yards at Villeneuve St. Georges, France. It failed to return to base following the operation and was found to have crashed in France, taking the lives of the entire crew.
The seven airmen who perished in this crash were-
RAF Flying Officer Colin Francis WILSON,
RCAF Flying Officer Philip Nairn Thompson VAN ALSTYNE,
RCAF Flying Officer Leonard Taylor SYKES,
RCAF Pilot Officer Alexander Gunn SINCLAIR,
RCAF Flying Officer Lawrence Francis O'BRIEN,
RCAF Pilot Officer Donald MORE and
RCAF Pilot Officer John Alexander BUCKHAM.
Military Service-
Rank: Flying Officer
Trade: Air Bomber
Service Number: J/28800
Age: 29
Force: Air Force
Unit: Royal Canadian Air Force
Division: 424 'Tiger' RCAF Squadron; RAF Skipton-on-Swale, Yorkshire
(MOTTO: Castigandos Castigamus ['We chastise those who deserve to be chastised']).
A miner by trade, he enlisted in the RCAF on 30 May 1942 in North Bay, Ontario, Canada.
Son of Earle Everton Van Alstyne (1891-1944) and Marion Bernice (née Thompson 1892-1953) Van Alstyne; husband of Margaret May Van Alstyne of Meadowvale, Ontario.
Flying Officer Philip Nairn Thompson Van Alstyne is commemorated on Page 467 of Canada's Second World War Book of Remembrance.
He is also commemorated by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
And Flying Officer Van Alstyne is commemorated on the Brockville Collegiate Institute and Vocational School Roll of Honour.
424 Squadron's Handley Page Halifax BIII (#LV970) aircraft, with an aircrew of seven, was participating in a night air operation over the rail yards at Villeneuve St. Georges, France. It failed to return to base following the operation and was found to have crashed in France, taking the lives of the entire crew.
The seven airmen who perished in this crash were-
RAF Flying Officer Colin Francis WILSON,
RCAF Flying Officer Philip Nairn Thompson VAN ALSTYNE,
RCAF Flying Officer Leonard Taylor SYKES,
RCAF Pilot Officer Alexander Gunn SINCLAIR,
RCAF Flying Officer Lawrence Francis O'BRIEN,
RCAF Pilot Officer Donald MORE and
RCAF Pilot Officer John Alexander BUCKHAM.
Military Service-
Rank: Flying Officer
Trade: Air Bomber
Service Number: J/28800
Age: 29
Force: Air Force
Unit: Royal Canadian Air Force
Division: 424 'Tiger' RCAF Squadron; RAF Skipton-on-Swale, Yorkshire
(MOTTO: Castigandos Castigamus ['We chastise those who deserve to be chastised']).
A miner by trade, he enlisted in the RCAF on 30 May 1942 in North Bay, Ontario, Canada.
Son of Earle Everton Van Alstyne (1891-1944) and Marion Bernice (née Thompson 1892-1953) Van Alstyne; husband of Margaret May Van Alstyne of Meadowvale, Ontario.
Flying Officer Philip Nairn Thompson Van Alstyne is commemorated on Page 467 of Canada's Second World War Book of Remembrance.
He is also commemorated by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
And Flying Officer Van Alstyne is commemorated on the Brockville Collegiate Institute and Vocational School Roll of Honour.
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