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Military service
Service number:
R/124548
Age:
21
Rank:
Flight Sergeant
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
420 Sqdn.
Death:
June 1, 1943
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Panel 185.
Additional information
Son of Philip and Alexandra Sodero, of Sydney, Nova Scotia, Canada.
Digital gallery of Flight Sergeant Alexander Theodore Sodero
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Photo of Alexander Theodore Sodero
From the Sydney Academy Memorial booklet, published by the Student's Assembly in memory of former students who served during the Second World War. The original pictures were supplied by the Sydney Post-Record and the booklet was compiled by Jack Wilcox, class of 1946 and Donald Trivett, class of 1947.<p> Additional Information courtesy of Floyd Williston:<br> F/Sgt. Alexander Theodore Sodero, age 21, was killed while ferrying his 420 (Snowy Owl) Squadron Wellington (HE 568) from Portreath, England, to Ras el Ma, North Africa, on June 1, 1943. There were no survivors. F/Sgt. Sodero's name, and that of his crew, are inscribed on the Runnymede War Memorial, in Surrey, England. -
Letter from the Sydney Academy
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Memorial
Inscription - Runnymede Memorial - April 2017 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Photo of ALEXANDER THEODORE SODERO
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Photo of ALEXANDER THEODORE SODERO
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Letter
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
Flight Sergeant Alexander Theodore Sodero is commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Flight Sergeant Alexander Theodore Sodero is commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Group Photo
21 May 1943 RAF Station Middleton St-George. The crew of an R.C.A.F. Wellington bomber from 420 Squadron, Left to right, Pilot Sgt Alexander Theodore Sodero; Bomb Aimer Sgt William Robert King, Navigator F/O George Henry Hubbell; Air Gunner F/Sgt Harry Llewellyn Davis; Wireless Operator/Air Gunner Sgt Robert Spencer Hollowell. They will all be lost on 1 June 1943 while transiting from the United Kingdom to North Africa. (RCAF photo PL-15972)
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Alexander Theodore Sodero
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Alexander Theodore Sodero
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Alexander Theodore Sodero
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Alexander Theodore Sodero
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Alexander Theodore Sodero
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Alexander Theodore Sodero
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Alexander Theodore Sodero
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Alexander Theodore Sodero
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Alexander Theodore Sodero
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 215 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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