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Alexander Chibanoff

In memory of:

Flight Sergeant Alexander Chibanoff

September 16, 1943
Harmondsworth, Middlesex, England

Military Service

Service Number:

R/147645

Age:

21

Force:

Air Force

Unit:

Royal Canadian Air Force

Division:

427 Sqdn.

Citation(s):

1939-1945 Star, Europe Star, Defence Medal, War Medal 1939-1945, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and bar, operational wings.

Additional Information

Born:

November 16, 1921
Bellis, Alberta

Enlistment:

January 6, 1942
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan

Son of Ikor Sheabanov (aka John, Jack, Jacob Chibanoff) and Marina Maxcem Eveanowich (aka Mary), of Glendon, Alberta.

Ikor served in the Imperial Russian Navy aboard the battleship Potemkin from 1904 to 1905 and participated in that crew's mutiny in June 1905. They emigrated to Canada on December 14, 1911 according to family records.

Alexander was a sapper in the Royal Canadian Engineers Corps, service number H-36691, from July 28, 1941 to January 5, 1942. He accumulated 161 days of service.

He served in Canada and Great Britain. He had 618 days of service, including 244 overseas. It crashed while returning from a combat mission in Madane, France.

Commemorated on Page 145 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information

Cemetery:

BROOKWOOD MILITARY CEMETERY
Surrey, United Kingdom

Grave Reference:

45. J. 3.

Location:

Brookwood is 30 miles from London (M3 to Bagshot and then A322). The main entrance to Brookwood Military Cemetery is on the A324 from the village of Pirbright. Brookwood Military Cemetery is owned by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission and is the largest Commonwealth war cemetery in the United Kingdom, covering approximately 37 acres. In 1917, an area of land in Brookwood Cemetery (originally The London Necropolis) was set aside for the burial of men and women of the forces of the Commonwealth and Americans, who had died, many of battle wounds, in the London district. This site was further extended to accommodate the Commonwealth casualties of the Second World War, and American, Belgian, Czech, Dutch, French and Polish plots containing the graves of Allied casualties. There are also German and Italian plots where prisoners of war lie buried.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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  • Memorial– Flight Sergeant Alexander Chibanoff is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens

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    Memorial – Flight Sergeant Alexander Chibanoff is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
  • Memorial– Flight Sergeant Alexander Chibanoff is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens

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    Memorial – Flight Sergeant Alexander Chibanoff 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

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    Memorial – Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
  • Sgt. Alexander Chibanoff with his crew– Sgt. Alexander Chibanoff (Bottom Centre) Pilot, with his crew of the "M" for Mother, Squadron 427

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    Sgt. Alexander Chibanoff with his crew – Sgt. Alexander Chibanoff (Bottom Centre) Pilot, with his crew of the "M" for Mother, Squadron 427
  • Photo of ALEXANDER CHIBANOFF– Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me

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    Photo of ALEXANDER CHIBANOFF – Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me
  • Memorial– This plaque is erected on the site near Heathrow Airport where my uncle's plane crashed. I am sending another image on another form. As the wording may be obscure I will post it here with any balance on the next form Left hand side of plaque: HARMONDSWORTH MOOR At this site on 16 September 1943, an RCAF Halifax bomber crashed on return from a mission, with the loss of all seven crew members. This memorial is to all those who served in 427 squadron, and in 6 Bomber Group RCAF. Dedicated on 7 July 1999 by British Airways, in association with the Community of Harmondsworth. Halifax V. DK 253 ZL M 427 Squadron 6 Bomber Group Royal Canadian Air Force Based at Lemming in Yorkshire Right hand side: UNITED IN SERVICE F/O B. Bagbie RCAF F/O F.V. Webb RCAF Flt/Sgt. A. Chibanoff RCAF Sgt. D.R. Coe RAF Sgt. H.W. Frost RAF Sgt. E.V. Potts RAF AT THE GOING DOWN OF THE SUN AND IN THE MORNING WE WILL REMEMBER THEM

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    Memorial – This plaque is erected on the site near Heathrow Airport where my uncle's plane crashed. I am sending another image on another form. As the wording may be obscure I will post it here with any balance on the next form Left hand side of plaque: HARMONDSWORTH MOOR At this site on 16 September 1943, an RCAF Halifax bomber crashed on return from a mission, with the loss of all seven crew members. This memorial is to all those who served in 427 squadron, and in 6 Bomber Group RCAF. Dedicated on 7 July 1999 by British Airways, in association with the Community of Harmondsworth. Halifax V. DK 253 ZL M 427 Squadron 6 Bomber Group Royal Canadian Air Force Based at Lemming in Yorkshire Right hand side: UNITED IN SERVICE F/O B. Bagbie RCAF F/O F.V. Webb RCAF Flt/Sgt. A. Chibanoff RCAF Sgt. D.R. Coe RAF Sgt. H.W. Frost RAF Sgt. E.V. Potts RAF AT THE GOING DOWN OF THE SUN AND IN THE MORNING WE WILL REMEMBER THEM
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