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Military service
Service number:
R/70975
Age:
21
Rank:
Flight Sergeant
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
61 (R.A.F.) Sqdn
Death:
September 10, 1942
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
16. F. 15.
Additional information
Son of Albert Martin Yates and Maud Yates, of Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada.
Digital gallery of Flight Sergeant Albert Cranston Yates
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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 -
Memorial
Flight Sergeant Albert Cranston Yates is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Flight Sergeant Albert Cranston Yates is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Letter
Letter from Wing Commander to Albert Cranston Yates Father, Captain Albert Yates -
Photos
Fellow flight crew members - Flight Sargent Frank Hobson, Sargent Ernest Catlin, Sargent Wilfred Belton Newspaper clipping listing deaths -
Grave marker
1950 -
Letter
Sympathy note from Canadian Minister of National Defense -
Photo of Albert Cranston Yates
In front of aircraft -
Newspaper clipping
Night raid over Rhur; sent home by Albert Cranston Yates to parents -
Letter
Letter from Group Captain J.G. Stephenson, Nov 30, 1950. Providing photo of grave marker to parents. -
Photo of Albert Cranston Yates
In London -
Award Citation
Posthumous awarding of wings -
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Fellow crew members - Sargent Earnest Hill, Sargent Lloyd Thomas -
Group Photo
Graduating Class -
Photo of Albert Cranston Yates
In barracks -
Photo of Albert Cranston Yates
In front of canteen -
Photo of Albert Cranston Yates
He is seen here in front of Lancaster Bomber. Colourized and digitally enhanced -
Letter
Condolence note from King George -
Group Photo
In front of the Beaver Club -
Newspaper clipping
From the Regina Leader Post September 1942. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Regina Leader Post March 1943. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Albert Cranston Yates
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Albert Cranston Yates
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Albert Cranston Yates
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Albert Cranston Yates
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Albert Cranston Yates
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Albert Cranston Yates
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Albert Cranston Yates
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Albert Cranston Yates
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Albert Cranston Yates
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 126 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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