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Military service
Service number:
J/16586
Age:
20
Rank:
Pilot Officer
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
421 Sqdn.
Birth:
November 20, 1922
Toronto, Ontario
Enlistment:
January 8, 1941
Toronto, Ontario
Death:
January 24, 1943
Burial/memorial information
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Son of Alexander Drummond Aitken and Margaret Craig Aitken of Toronto, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Pilot Officer Alexander Craig Aitken
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Grave marker
Alec's replacement headstone (1997), the previous headstone recorded his occupation as 'Navigator', which was incorrect. His Spitfire,EP202, stalled while attempting to land after a collision with EN777 (Fl.Lt. Blades). Alec's spitfire crashed in a field just short of the boundry of Angle airfield, South Wales. Despite a brave rescue attempt by Mr. Poole, the NAAFI manger, Alec lost his life as a result of the accident. -
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Attestation Paper
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Document
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Correspondence
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Correspondence
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Correspondence
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Document
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
From the Toronto Star January 1943. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram January 1942. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram January 1943. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
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Alexander Craig Aitken with Pal -
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Alexander Craig Aitken "Alex & Pals St. Hubert Que." In my mother's photo album. -
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Alexander Craig Aitken (on back he wrote "Alexandra Park Hastings") -
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Alexander Craig Aitken wrote on the back "On the 18th Hole golf course Hastings." -
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Alexander Craig Aitken wrote on the back "Taken Woolworths Montreal about Feb." -
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Alexander Craig Aitken wrote on the back "Hastings"
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Alexander Craig Aitken
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Alexander Craig Aitken
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Alexander Craig Aitken
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Alexander Craig Aitken
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Alexander Craig Aitken
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Alexander Craig Aitken
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Alexander Craig Aitken
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Alexander Craig Aitken
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Alexander Craig Aitken
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 130 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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ANGLE (ST. MARY) CHURCHYARD Pembrokeshire, United Kingdom
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