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Alexander Purves McCracken

In memory of:

Flying Officer Alexander Purves McCracken

July 25, 1943

Military Service


Service Number:

J/14192

Age:

21

Force:

Air Force

Unit:

Royal Canadian Air Force

Division:

405 Sqdn.

Additional Information


Son of Alexander and Catherine McCracken, of Montreal, Quebec.

Commemorated on Page 189 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information


Cemetery:

TEN-BOER-PROTESTANT-CEMETERY
Netherlands

Grave Reference:

Coll. grave 26.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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  • Memorial– Flying Officer Alexander Purves McCracken is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
  • Memorial– Flying Officer Alexander Purves McCracken is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
  • Memorial– Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
  • Photo of ALEXANDER PURVES MCCRACKEN– Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Photo of ALEXANDER PURVES MCCRACKEN– Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Montreal Star. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Montreal Star. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Grave Marker– Photo courtesy of Frans van Cappellen, The Netherlands.
  • Cemetery– Air crew plot in Ten Boer (Groningen) Protestant Cemetery.
(Photo courtesy of Frans van Cappellen, The Netherlands.)
F/O McCracken was a member of 408 Squadron, Pathfinder Force. 
Halifax HR864 was airborne 2146 25Jul43 from Gransden Lodge. Outbound, the aircraft was shot down by a night-fighter crashing at Ten Boer (Groningen) 12 km NE of Groningen, Holland. 
The crew are:  F/O M.E.Tomczak; Sgt A.J.Wood; F/O A.P.McCracken;  Sgt C.J.V.Kettley;  Sgt E.K.White; F/S M.S.Smyth; F/O A.J.Sochowski was interned in Camp L3, PoW No.1649. 
(Source:  www.lostbombers.co.uk)
  • Photo of Alexander Purves McCracken– In Memory of the members of Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) who went to war and did not return. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Montreal Gazette. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me

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