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Allan Frank McNally

In memory of:

Pilot Officer Allan Frank McNally

September 17, 1944
Norway

Military Service

Service Number:

J/88571

Age:

21

Force:

Air Force

Unit:

Royal Canadian Air Force

Division:

617 (R.A.F.) Sqdn.

Citation(s):

1939-45 Star, Air Crew Europe Star, France & Germany Star, Defence Medal, General Service Medal, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and Clasp and Operational Wings posthumously awarded 9 December 1946

Additional Information

Born:

June 28, 1923
Minaki, Ontario

Enlistment:

November 11, 1942
Winnipeg, Manitoba

Son of Benjamin and Wanda Christina (nee Stenberg) McNally of Minaki, Ontario. He died in a Lancaster PB416. Employed at Canadian National Railway before enlisting.

Brother of Aircraftman 2nd Class John Henry McNally, who died during service with the Royal Canadian Air Force.

Commemorated on Page 390 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information

Cemetery:

NESBYEN (HALLINGDAL) CHURCHYARD
Norway

Grave Reference:

XII. G. 4.

Location:

Nesbyen is in the Hallingdal Valley in south-central Norway, 180 kilometres north-west of Oslo on the road and railway line to Bergen. NESBYEN(HALLINGDAL)CHURCHYARD is 5 kilometres south-west of Nesbyen.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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  • Memorial– Remembering brothers lost … Brothers In Arms Memorial, Zonnebeke, BE … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022

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    Memorial – Remembering brothers lost … Brothers In Arms Memorial, Zonnebeke, BE … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022
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  • Scene of the plane crash– The plane along with others took off from Russia and was returning to United Kingdom. The plane was carrying (Pilot) F/O Frank Levy. (Nav.)F/O Charles Lawrence Fox. Sgt. Flt. (Engr.)Peter William Groom. Flt. Sgt. (W.Op./Air Gnr.)George Muir Mcguire. Pilot Offr. (Air Gnr.)Allan Frank Mcnally. Flt.Sgt.Air Bomber Eric Edward Stephen Peck. Flt.Sgt.(Air Gnr.)Daniel Gorowny Thomas, Flying Offr. (W.Op.)Denis Charles Shea and Flying Offr. (Flt. Engr.)James Frazer Naylor. The plane crashed into a hillside killing all but Denis Shea and James Naylor.

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    Scene of the plane crash
    Scene of the plane crash – The plane along with others took off from Russia and was returning to United Kingdom. The plane was carrying (Pilot) F/O Frank Levy. (Nav.)F/O Charles Lawrence Fox. Sgt. Flt. (Engr.)Peter William Groom. Flt. Sgt. (W.Op./Air Gnr.)George Muir Mcguire. Pilot Offr. (Air Gnr.)Allan Frank Mcnally. Flt.Sgt.Air Bomber Eric Edward Stephen Peck. Flt.Sgt.(Air Gnr.)Daniel Gorowny Thomas, Flying Offr. (W.Op.)Denis Charles Shea and Flying Offr. (Flt. Engr.)James Frazer Naylor. The plane crashed into a hillside killing all but Denis Shea and James Naylor.
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    Scene of the plane crash
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    Scene of the plane crash
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    Scene of the plane crash
  • Nesbyen (Hallingdal) Churchyard in Norway– Nesbyen Churchyard contains the graves of ten Commonwealth airmen, the crew of a Lancaster of 617 Squadron which crashed on a mountain top nearby on 17 September 1944, where they were originally buried. One of the airmen is unidentified

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    Nesbyen (Hallingdal) Churchyard in Norway
    Nesbyen (Hallingdal) Churchyard in Norway – Nesbyen Churchyard contains the graves of ten Commonwealth airmen, the crew of a Lancaster of 617 Squadron which crashed on a mountain top nearby on 17 September 1944, where they were originally buried. One of the airmen is unidentified
  • Memorial– Pilot Officer Allan Frank McNally is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens

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    Memorial – Pilot Officer Allan Frank McNally is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
  • Memorial– Pilot Officer Allan Frank McNally is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens

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    Memorial – Pilot Officer Allan Frank McNally 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

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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

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