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Digital gallery of Wing Commander Gordon Dale MacAllister
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Runnymeade Memorial
Runnymede Memorial (CWGC) Wellington W5516 of 405 Sqdn was airborne 1859 26 Feb 42 from Pocklington on a leaflet-dropping trip to Kiel, Germany. The aircraft was lost without trace. The crew are commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial. They were: W/C G. D. Macallister (2nd Pilot), who was 405 Sqdn Commander); Sgt F/S (WAG) E. C. Phillips; F/S (WAG) M. P. F. Robson; F/S (WAG) W.S. Piers; F/L J. A. Robson RAF; and F/S J. H. Dyson RAAF. [http://www.lostbombers.co.uk/bomber.php?id=4859] From They Shall Grow not Old (Commonwealth Air Training Plan Museum, Brandon, Man.: The pilot of an accompanying aircraft reported severe icing conditions in the area. -
Arc Memorial
Ex-cadets are named on the Memorial Arch at the Royal Military College of Canada in Kingston, Ontario and in memorial stained glass windows to fallen comrades. 2170 W/C Gordon Dale MacAllister (RMC 1930) was the son of James and Freda Macallister. He graduated from the Royal Military College of Canada. He was the husband of Esther Rodgers Macallister, of Ottawa, Ontario. He was the father of two children. He served with the Royal Canadian Air Force 405 Sqdn. He died on Feb 26, 1942 at 29 years of age. His name is listed on the Runnymede Memorial in Surrey, United Kingdom. -
Memorial Plaque
Ex-cadets are named on the Memorial Arch at the Royal Military College of Canada in Kingston, Ontario and in memorial stained glass windows to fallen comrades. 2170 W/C Gordon Dale MacAllister (RMC 1930) was the son of James and Freda Macallister. He graduated from the Royal Military College of Canada. He was the husband of Esther Rodgers Macallister, of Ottawa, Ontario. He was the father of two children. He served with the Royal Canadian Air Force 405 Sqdn. He died on Feb 26, 1942 at 29 years of age. His name is listed on the Runnymede Memorial in Surrey, United Kingdom. -
Memorial Stained Glass
Ex-cadets are named on the Memorial Arch at the Royal Military College of Canada in Kingston, Ontario and in memorial stained glass windows to fallen comrades. 2170 W/C Gordon Dale MacAllister (RMC 1930) was the son of James and Freda Macallister. He graduated from the Royal Military College of Canada. He was the husband of Esther Rodgers Macallister, of Ottawa, Ontario. He was the father of two children. He served with the Royal Canadian Air Force 405 Sqdn. He died on Feb 26, 1942 at 29 years of age. His name is listed on the Runnymede Memorial in Surrey, United Kingdom. -
Biography
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Cenotaph
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Street sign
Barrie street named in honour of Wing Commander Gordon Dale MacAllister with a poppy. -
Memorial
Inscription - Runnymede Memorial - April 2017 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Wing Commander Gordon Dale MacAllister is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Wing Commander Gordon Dale MacAllister 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 -
Newspaper clipping
From the Barrie Examiner c.1942. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Barrie Examiner c.1942. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Barrie Examiner c.1942. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Wing Commander Gordon Dale MacAllister
Digital gallery of
Wing Commander Gordon Dale MacAllister
Digital gallery of
Wing Commander Gordon Dale MacAllister
Digital gallery of
Wing Commander Gordon Dale MacAllister
Digital gallery of
Wing Commander Gordon Dale MacAllister
Digital gallery of
Wing Commander Gordon Dale MacAllister
Digital gallery of
Wing Commander Gordon Dale MacAllister
Digital gallery of
Wing Commander Gordon Dale MacAllister
Digital gallery of
Wing Commander Gordon Dale MacAllister
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 91 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL Surrey, United Kingdom
The design of the Runnymede Memorial is original and striking. On the crest of Cooper's Hill, overlooking the Thames, a square tower dominates a cloister, in the centre of which rests the Stone of Remembrance. The cloistered walks terminate in two lookouts, one facing towards Windsor, and the other towards London Airport at Heathrow. The names of the dead are inscribed on the stone reveals of the narrow windows in the cloisters and the lookouts. They include those of 3,050 Canadian airmen. Above the three-arched entrance to the cloister is a great stone eagle with the Royal Air Force motto, Per Ardua ad Astra". On each side is the inscription:
IN THIS CLOISTER ARE RECORDED THE NAMES OF TWENTY THOUSAND AIRMEN WHO HAVE NO KNOWN GRAVE. THEY DIED FOR FREEDOM IN RAID AND SORTIE OVER THE BRITISH ISLES AND THE LANDS AND SEAS OF NORTHERN AND WESTERN EUROPE
In the tower a vaulted shrine, which provides a quiet place for contemplation, contains illuminated verses by Paul H. Scott."
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