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Military service
Service number:
J/27711
Rank:
Flying Officer
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
434 Sqdn.
Death:
July 29, 1944
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Panel 244.
Additional information
Son of William Gladstone Alexander, and of Lillian Frances Alexander, of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
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Photo of Ian Sutherland
Alexander, Ian Sutherland - Flying Officer. Born 30th May, 1917, at Georgetown, Ont. Educated at Renfrew Public School, and at Brown School and Oakwood Collegiate Institute, Toronto. Entered the service of the Bank 1st March, 1937. Served at Adelaide & Yonge and City Hall (Toronto). Enlisted 15th May, 1942, from the latter branch in R.C.A.F. Pilot Officer 29th June, 1943; Flying Officer 25th December, 1943. Trained at Hagersville, Ont. Overseas in July, 1943.Reported missing after air operations over Hamburg on 29th July, 1944. Officially presumed dead 2lst June, 1945. <br><i>From a memorial booklet prepared by the Canadian Bank of Commerce.</i> -
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Inscription - Runnymede Memorial - April 2017 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
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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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Flying Officer Ian Sutherland Alexander is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
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Flying Officer Ian Sutherland Alexander is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
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Training Report
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From the Toronto Star June 1045. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star June 1045. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Ian Sutherland Alexander
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Ian Sutherland Alexander
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Ian Sutherland Alexander
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Ian Sutherland Alexander
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Ian Sutherland Alexander
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Ian Sutherland Alexander
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Ian Sutherland Alexander
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Ian Sutherland Alexander
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Ian Sutherland Alexander
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Commemorated on:
Page 235 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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