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Military service
Service number:
J/14192
Age:
21
Rank:
Flying Officer
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
405 Sqdn.
Death:
July 25, 1943
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Coll. grave 26.
Additional information
Son of Alexander and Catherine McCracken, of Montreal, Quebec.
Digital gallery of Flying Officer Alexander Purves McCracken
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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) -
Grave Marker
Photo courtesy of Frans van Cappellen, The Netherlands. -
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 -
Photo of ALEXANDER PURVES MCCRACKEN
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Photo of ALEXANDER PURVES MCCRACKEN
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Memorial
Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed 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
Flying Officer Alexander Purves McCracken is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
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 -
Newspaper clipping
From the Montreal Gazette. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Alexander Purves McCracken
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Alexander Purves McCracken
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Alexander Purves McCracken
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Alexander Purves McCracken
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Alexander Purves McCracken
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Alexander Purves McCracken
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Alexander Purves McCracken
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Alexander Purves McCracken
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Alexander Purves McCracken
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 189 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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