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Military service
Service number:
R/61467
Rank:
Flight Sergeant
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
138 (R.A.F.) Sqdn
Death:
January 12, 1942
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Sec. U. Grave 140.
Digital gallery of Flight Sergeant Alvin Wilbert Reimer
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Cross of Sacrifice
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Cemetery
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Grave Marker
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Report on Flying Abilities from No 1 ITS Course #3
Alvin was one of the earliest volunteers in the flight training program. -
Report on Flying Abilities part III
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Report on Flying Abilities part III
Alvin is recommended for a commission on completion of his flying, something he never achieved, probably because of his youth. -
Sgt Reimers final medical
Alvin died as the result of injuries sustained in a crash at a base in England. He was flying a Whitley at the time. These two pages detail the last two weeks of his life. They unfortunately did not notice that his lung was injured in the crash, but concentrated on his legs and facial wounds. Source: Library & Archives Canada via R. Whitehouse -
Sgt Reimers final medical pg2
Source: Library & Archives Canada via R. Whitehouse -
Photo of Alvin Reimer
Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Newspaper Clipping
Memorialized on the pages of the Globe and Mail. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper Clipping
Memorialized on the pages of the Globe and Mail. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Biography
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Memorial
Flight Sergeant Alvin Wilbert Reimer 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 -
Memorial
Flight Sergeant Alvin Wilbert Reimer is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Newspaper clipping
From a WW2 issue of the Vancouver Province newspaper c1942. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Alvin Wilbert Reimer
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Alvin Wilbert Reimer
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Alvin Wilbert Reimer
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Alvin Wilbert Reimer
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Alvin Wilbert Reimer
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Alvin Wilbert Reimer
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Alvin Wilbert Reimer
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Alvin Wilbert Reimer
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Alvin Wilbert Reimer
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 109 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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HAVERHILL CEMETERY Suffolk, United Kingdom
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