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Military service
Service number:
J/89387
Age:
21
Rank:
Flight Lieutenant
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
103 (R.A.F.) Sqdn
Death:
March 17, 1945
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Coll. grave 4. E. 12-15.
Additional information
Son of Clarence Leslie and Margaret A. Watt, of Merrickville, Ontario. Brother of Flying Officer Norman Watt, who served with the Royal Canadian Air Force, died on July 1, 1943.
He lost two uncles, Private William Lloyd Watt and Private Richard Norman Watt in the First World War.
Digital gallery of Flight Lieutenant Alastair Clarence Watt
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F/Lt A C Watt and Crew -
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F/Lt Alastair Watt and the Bellisle brothers, England 1944 -
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F/Lt A C Watt and Crew -
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F/Lt Alastair Watt and his brother Cpl Leslie Watt, circa September 1944, England -
Memorial Page
Alistair Watt is honoured on page 36 of the <i>Merrickville Remembers</i> booklet, published in January 2003. -
Merrickville Remembers
This project was sponsored jointly by the Canadian Legion Branch 245 and the Merrickville District Community Health Centre. Serving on the Committee were Jack Jessop, Past President of Legion Branch 245; Joyce McKay, who lost a brother in the Second World War; Peter McKenna, Executive Director of Merrickville and District Community Health Centre; and Jack Wilcox, who upon discharge from the Canadian Army in 1945, prepared the Sydney Academy Memorial Booklet honouring the students of the Academy who gave their lives in the Second World War. -
Investigative Report
#2 Missing Research & Enquiry Unit Report pg 1 This is page 1 of a report by the RAF casualty search units that traced down the missing air crew from WWII. It contains all of the facts that they had managed to gather to that point in time. This information was found during the research of one of his crew, the Air Bomber Bill Fetherston Source: Library and Archives Canada RG112 Vol 30643 via R Whitehouse -
Investigative Report Page 2
#2 Missing Research & Enquiry Unit Report pg 2 This page states that the searchers actually saw the remains of the aircraft and identified it as a Lancaster with the number NN 758 on it. They found that there had been a survivor of the crew (Bellisle) though they did not know his name as yet. They took action to register the grave for the graves concentration units that were to follow. Source: Library and Archives Canada RG112 Vol 30643 via R Whitehouse -
Crash Report
CRASHED BRITISH AIRCRAFT Report This is the Air Ministry report on the aircraft found just north of Laichingen, Germany. It identifies Watts aircraft by Roundel numbers, aircraft part serial numbers etc. This is F/O Watts aircraft. Source: Library and Archives Canada RG112 Vol 30643 via R Whitehouse -
Post Presumption Memo
Post Presumption Memo 45/49 This memo closed the case for Watts' crew. Source: Library and Archives Canada RG112 Vol 30643 via R Whitehouse -
Letter
Minute #1 (29 Sept 45) Details of the Watts crew investigation. Source: Library and Archives Canada RG112 Vol 30643 via R Whitehouse -
Memorial
Memorial Stone erected March 2015, Laichengen Germany -
Inscription
Memorial Stone erected March 2015, Laichengen Germany -
Memorial
Portion of NN758 found near Laichengen, Germany -
Grave Marker
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Crash site
Crash site of Lancaster NN758 near Laichingen Germany.<P> Casualties were:<BR> F/LT A.C. Watt RCAF<BR> F/Sgt A.E. Wotherspoon RCAF<BR> F/Sgt W.H Fetheraton RCAF<BR> F/Sgt J.S. Jackson RAF<BR> F/Sgt G.W. Blackshaw RAF<BR> F/Sgt J.S. Hickey RAF<p> One crew member survived, F/Sgt A.C. Bellisle (RCAF) who was captured and taken POW at Stalag 5A. F/Sgt Bellisle returned to Canada after the war. -
Group photo
Crew of Lancaster NN758, lost on the night of 17 March 1945. F/Lt A.C. "Al" Watt, Pilot (RCAF, J/89387)KIA 17-MAR-45 Sgt. J.F. “Jim” Jackson, Flight Engineer (RAF, 3040028) KIA 17-MAR-45 F/Sgt. W.H. “Bill” Fetherston, Bomb Aimer(RCAF, R/190659) KIA 17-MAR-45 F/Sgt. G.W. “George” Blackshaw, Navigator (RAF, 1620678) KIA 17-MAR-45 F/Sgt. J.S. “Stan” Hickey, Wireless Operator (RAF, 1230658) KIA 17-MAR-45 F/Sgt. A.C. Bellisle, Mid-Upper Gunner (RCAF, R/271059) POW 18-MAR-45 (Stalag 5a) F/Sgt. A.E. “Al” Wotherspoon, Rear Gunner (RCAF, R/192267) KIA 17-MAR-45 -
Temporary Grave Marker
Original burial site of the Al Watt crew. -
Temporary Grave Marker
Durnbach grave site. -
Cemetery
Original burial location today. -
Crash site
Crash site looking toward Lachigen. -
Photo of Alastair Clarence Watt
Al Watt (Recruit) -
Photo of Alastair Clarence Watt
Al Watt (Pilot) -
Cemetery
Final Grave Site, Durnbach -
Memorial
Flight Lieutenant Alastair Clarence Watt is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Flight Lieutenant Alastair Clarence Watt 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 -
Memorial
Remembering brothers lost … Brothers In Arms Memorial, Zonnebeke, BE … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant Alastair Clarence Watt
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 574 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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DURNBACH WAR CEMETERY Germany
Durnbach is a village 16 kilometres east of Bad Tolz, a town 48 kilometres south of Munich. Durnbach War Cemetery is 3 kilometres north of the village Gmund am Tegernsee. Using the A8 from Munich, turn off at the junction Holzkirchen, taking the 318 road in the direction of Gmund am Tegernsee. At the crossroads with the 472, turn left in the direction of Miesbach. The cemetery is situated approximately 500 metres on the left from the 318/472 crossroads.
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