Military service
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Son of R. A. Van Slyke and Adelaide M. Van Slyke, of Red Deer, Alberta, Canada.
Digital gallery of Pilot Officer Allan Ross Van Slyke
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Allan Ross Van Slyke
Photo from The Red Deer Advocate 14 Mar 1945
Details of flight is found on //lostbombers.co.uk:-
P/O Van Slyke was Pilot on Halifax #LW 721 in 158 (RAF) Sqdn. The aircraft was airborne 1850 24Mar44 from Lissett. Homebound, the aircraft was shot down by a Ju88 from 23,000 feet, crashing at Pausin some 28 km NW of Berlin. P/O Van Slyke maintained control of the aircraft long enough to allow his crew bail out. He went down with the aircraft.
RCAF F/O A. R. McGillivray and F/S J. N. McDonagh along with RAF
Sgts H. Ball and W. A. Grant were taken Prisoners of War.
Killed were RAF Sgts. R. A. Whitelaw and K.D.Mardon-Mowbray.
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Allan Ross Van Slyke
The Red Deer Advocate 14 Mar 1945
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Allan Ross Van Slyke
From the Calgary Herald. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Allan Ross Van Slyke
Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Allan Ross Van Slyke
Pilot Officer Allan Ross Van Slyke is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Allan Ross Van Slyke
Pilot Officer Allan Ross Van Slyke is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Allan Ross Van Slyke
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Allan Ross Van Slyke
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Allan Ross Van Slyke
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Allan Ross Van Slyke
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Allan Ross Van Slyke
From the Red Deer Advocate. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Allan Ross Van Slyke
From the Red Deer Advocate. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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Photo from The Red Deer Advocate 14 Mar 1945 Details of flight is found on //lostbombers.co.uk:- P/O Van Slyke was Pilot on Halifax #LW 721 in 158 (RAF) Sqdn. The aircraft was airborne 1850 24Mar44 from Lissett. Homebound, the aircraft was shot down by a Ju88 from 23,000 feet, crashing at Pausin some 28 km NW of Berlin. P/O Van Slyke maintained control of the aircraft long enough to allow his crew bail out. He went down with the aircraft. RCAF F/O A. R. McGillivray and F/S J. N. McDonagh along with RAF Sgts H. Ball and W. A. Grant were taken Prisoners of War. Killed were RAF Sgts. R. A. Whitelaw and K.D.Mardon-Mowbray.
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The Red Deer Advocate 14 Mar 1945
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From the Calgary Herald. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me
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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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Pilot Officer Allan Ross Van Slyke is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
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Pilot Officer Allan Ross Van Slyke is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
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Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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From the Red Deer Advocate. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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From the Red Deer Advocate. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 468 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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BERLIN 1939-1945 WAR CEMETERY Germany
The BERLIN 1939-1945 WAR CEMETERY is in the district of Charlottenburg, 8 kilometres west of the city centre, on the south side of the Heerstrasse.
From Theodor Heuss Platz in the district of Charlottenburg near the exhibition hall complex and next to the Olympic stadium, follow signs for Spandau, proceeding along the Heerstrasse. The Cemetery lies on the Heerstrasse on the left hand side of the road and 3 kilometres from Theodor Heuss Platz.
Visitors should drive beyond the BERLIN 1939-1945 WAR CEMETERY to the traffic lights, then turn left directly onto a small one way street running parallel to the Heerstrasse. The Cemetery entrance is on this small one way road.
For more information, visit Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
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