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Military service
Service number:
J/16011
Age:
28
Rank:
Flying Officer
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
420 Sqdn.
Death:
May 1, 1944
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Grave 895A.
Additional information
Son of Clement Alfred and Effie Dean Hall, of Ottawa, Ontario. Husband of Chrissie Hall, of Ottawa, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Flying Officer Alfred Henry Benbow Hall
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Memorial
St Matthew's Anglican Church Ottawa -
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W/Op/AG: F/O. Alfred Henry Benbow Hall J/16011 R.C.A.F. Age 28. Killed - See more at: http://www.aircrewremembered.com/raf1944/3/northernedward.html#sthash.sECqmtuw.dpuf F/O. Alfred Hall had completed his second tour and volunteered to go on this mission to be with other members of his crew who had yet to complete their tour. F/O. Hall’s brother Clement was killed two years earlier while on an operation over Essen. Flying with 12 O.T.U. Wellington III BJ730 piloted by P/O. Francis J. Adams, killed with all 4 crew. -
Letter
Last letter reproduced in St Matthew's Anglican Church Ottawa parish newsletter Jan 1943 -
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Grave Marker
Photo provided by The Commonwealth Roll Of Honour Project. Volunteer Evelyn Symmonds -
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FO Alfred Hall's letter to his mother (after his brother Clement was missing in action) was published in 1942 under the title 'only the brave can join'. -
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Remembered on the pages of the Ottawa Journal. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
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Remembered on the pages of the Ottawa Journal. 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
Flying Officer Alfred Henry Benbow Hall is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Flying Officer Alfred Henry Benbow Hall is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Alfred Henry Benbow Hall
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Alfred Henry Benbow Hall
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Alfred Henry Benbow Hall
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Alfred Henry Benbow Hall
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Alfred Henry Benbow Hall
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Alfred Henry Benbow Hall
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Alfred Henry Benbow Hall
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Alfred Henry Benbow Hall
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Alfred Henry Benbow Hall
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 325 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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