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Alexander Milton George Munro

In memory of:

Pilot Officer Alexander Milton George Munro

February 26, 1944
Klelund Plantage, Denmark

Military Service


Service Number:

J/88604

Age:

19

Force:

Air Force

Unit:

Royal Canadian Air Force

Division:

431 Sqdn.

Additional Information


Son of William Daniel and Katherine Munro, of Glenwood, Newfoundland.

Commemorated on Page 183 of the Newfoundland Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information


Cemetery:
Grave Reference:

Coll. grave A. 8. 24-25.

Location:

Esbjerg is a port in south-western Jutland. ESBJERG (FOURFELT) CEMETERY is about 3 kilometres to the north of the town, off the road to Hjerting, along the Gravlundvej.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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  • Memorial– Pilot Officer Alexander Milton George Munro is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
  • Memorial– Pilot Officer Alexander Milton George Munro 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
  • Document– Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Photo of ALEXANDER MILTON GEORGE MUNRO– Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Notification of death– Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Photo of ALEXANDER MILTON GEORGE MUNRO– Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Cemetery– Photos and excerpt of story used with permission courtesy 
Air War Over Denmark www.flensted.eu.com

Halifax V LK705 from 431 (RCAF) Sqn took off at 20:27 from Croft on a Gardening (Mining) operation in the Baltic Sea.  It was attacked by a German night fighter while flying at 5000 metres altitude and crashed at 23.43 hours in the Klelund plantation killing the crew of seven.
They were laid to rest in two graves in Fovrfelt cemetery in Esbjerg on 3/3 1944.
They were:
F/S (P) Edward C. Howey RCAF
F/S (N) George E. Stevenson RCAF
F/S (AG) Alexander M. Munro RCAF
Sgt (AG) Leo T. Wardell RCAF 
Sgt.  (AB) Alexander D. MacGillivray RAF
Sgt (W/Op)  Raymond L. Bates RAF
Sgt. (FE). Edward R. Metcalf, RAF
  • Photo of Alexander Milton George Munro– Photo Courtesy of www.flensted.eu.com
  • Memorial– On 5/5 1946 a memorial stone was inaugurated at crash site.
Photo courtesy of www.flensted.eu.com
  • Group Photo– Photo courtesy of www.flensted.eu.com

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