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Fils de Clarence Leslie et Margaret A. Watt, de Merrickville (Ontario). Frère du lieutenant d'aviation Norman Watt, qui a servi dans l'Aviation royale du Canada et qui est décédé le 1 juillet 1943.
Il a perdu deux oncles, le soldat William Lloyd Watt et le soldat Richard Norman Watt pendant la Première Guerre mondiale.
Galerie numérique de Capitaine d'aviation Alastair Clarence Watt
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Capitaine d'aviation Alastair Clarence Watt
F/Lt A C Watt and Crew
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Capitaine d'aviation Alastair Clarence Watt
F/Lt Alastair Watt and the Bellisle brothers, England 1944
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Capitaine d'aviation Alastair Clarence Watt
F/Lt A C Watt and Crew
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Capitaine d'aviation Alastair Clarence Watt
F/Lt Alastair Watt and his brother Cpl Leslie Watt, circa September 1944, England
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Capitaine d'aviation Alastair Clarence Watt
Alistair Watt is honoured on page 36 of the <i>Merrickville Remembers</i> booklet, published in January 2003.
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Capitaine d'aviation Alastair Clarence Watt
This project was sponsored jointly by the Canadian Legion Branch 245 and the Merrickville District Community Health Centre. Serving on the Committee were Jack Jessop, Past President of Legion Branch 245; Joyce McKay, who lost a brother in the Second World War; Peter McKenna, Executive Director of Merrickville and District Community Health Centre; and Jack Wilcox, who upon discharge from the Canadian Army in 1945, prepared the Sydney Academy Memorial Booklet honouring the students of the Academy who gave their lives in the Second World War.
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Capitaine d'aviation Alastair Clarence Watt
#2 Missing Research & Enquiry Unit Report pg 1
This is page 1 of a report by the RAF casualty search units that traced down the missing air crew from WWII. It contains all of the facts that they had managed to gather to that point in time. This information was found during the research of one of his crew, the Air Bomber Bill Fetherston
Source: Library and Archives Canada RG112 Vol 30643 via R Whitehouse
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Capitaine d'aviation Alastair Clarence Watt
#2 Missing Research & Enquiry Unit Report pg 2
This page states that the searchers actually saw the remains of the aircraft and identified it as a Lancaster with the number NN 758 on it. They found that there had been a survivor of the crew (Bellisle) though they did not know his name as yet. They took action to register the grave for the graves concentration units that were to follow.
Source: Library and Archives Canada RG112 Vol 30643 via R Whitehouse
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Capitaine d'aviation Alastair Clarence Watt
CRASHED BRITISH AIRCRAFT Report
This is the Air Ministry report on the aircraft found just north of Laichingen, Germany. It identifies Watts aircraft by Roundel numbers, aircraft part serial numbers etc. This is F/O Watts aircraft.
Source: Library and Archives Canada RG112 Vol 30643 via R Whitehouse
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Capitaine d'aviation Alastair Clarence Watt
Post Presumption Memo 45/49
This memo closed the case for Watts' crew.
Source: Library and Archives Canada RG112 Vol 30643 via R Whitehouse
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Capitaine d'aviation Alastair Clarence Watt
Minute #1 (29 Sept 45)
Details of the Watts crew investigation.
Source: Library and Archives Canada RG112 Vol 30643 via R Whitehouse
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Capitaine d'aviation Alastair Clarence Watt
Memorial Stone erected March 2015, Laichengen Germany
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Capitaine d'aviation Alastair Clarence Watt
Memorial Stone erected March 2015, Laichengen Germany
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Capitaine d'aviation Alastair Clarence Watt
Portion of NN758 found near Laichengen, Germany
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Crash site of Lancaster NN758 near Laichingen Germany.<P>
Casualties were:<BR>
F/LT A.C. Watt RCAF<BR>
F/Sgt A.E. Wotherspoon RCAF<BR>
F/Sgt W.H Fetheraton RCAF<BR>
F/Sgt J.S. Jackson RAF<BR>
F/Sgt G.W. Blackshaw RAF<BR>
F/Sgt J.S. Hickey RAF<p>
One crew member survived, F/Sgt A.C. Bellisle (RCAF) who was captured and taken POW at Stalag 5A. F/Sgt Bellisle returned to Canada after the war.
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Capitaine d'aviation Alastair Clarence Watt
Crew of Lancaster NN758, lost on the night of 17 March 1945.
F/Lt A.C. "Al" Watt, Pilot (RCAF, J/89387)KIA 17-MAR-45
Sgt. J.F. “Jim” Jackson, Flight Engineer (RAF, 3040028) KIA 17-MAR-45
F/Sgt. W.H. “Bill” Fetherston, Bomb Aimer(RCAF, R/190659) KIA 17-MAR-45
F/Sgt. G.W. “George” Blackshaw, Navigator (RAF, 1620678) KIA 17-MAR-45
F/Sgt. J.S. “Stan” Hickey, Wireless Operator (RAF, 1230658) KIA 17-MAR-45
F/Sgt. A.C. Bellisle, Mid-Upper Gunner (RCAF, R/271059) POW 18-MAR-45 (Stalag 5a)
F/Sgt. A.E. “Al” Wotherspoon, Rear Gunner (RCAF, R/192267) KIA 17-MAR-45
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Capitaine d'aviation Alastair Clarence Watt
Original burial site of the Al Watt crew.
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Capitaine d'aviation Alastair Clarence Watt
Durnbach grave site.
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Original burial location today.
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Capitaine d'aviation Alastair Clarence Watt
Crash site looking toward Lachigen.
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Capitaine d'aviation Alastair Clarence Watt
Al Watt (Recruit)
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Capitaine d'aviation Alastair Clarence Watt
Al Watt (Pilot)
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Capitaine d'aviation Alastair Clarence Watt
Final Grave Site, Durnbach
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Capitaine d'aviation Alastair Clarence Watt
Flight Lieutenant Alastair Clarence Watt is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
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Capitaine d'aviation Alastair Clarence Watt
Flight Lieutenant Alastair Clarence Watt is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
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Capitaine d'aviation Alastair Clarence Watt
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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Capitaine d'aviation Alastair Clarence Watt
Remembering brothers lost … Brothers In Arms Memorial, Zonnebeke, BE … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022
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F/Lt A C Watt and Crew
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F/Lt Alastair Watt and the Bellisle brothers, England 1944
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F/Lt A C Watt and Crew
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F/Lt Alastair Watt and his brother Cpl Leslie Watt, circa September 1944, England
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Alistair Watt is honoured on page 36 of the <i>Merrickville Remembers</i> booklet, published in January 2003.
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This project was sponsored jointly by the Canadian Legion Branch 245 and the Merrickville District Community Health Centre. Serving on the Committee were Jack Jessop, Past President of Legion Branch 245; Joyce McKay, who lost a brother in the Second World War; Peter McKenna, Executive Director of Merrickville and District Community Health Centre; and Jack Wilcox, who upon discharge from the Canadian Army in 1945, prepared the Sydney Academy Memorial Booklet honouring the students of the Academy who gave their lives in the Second World War.
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#2 Missing Research & Enquiry Unit Report pg 1 This is page 1 of a report by the RAF casualty search units that traced down the missing air crew from WWII. It contains all of the facts that they had managed to gather to that point in time. This information was found during the research of one of his crew, the Air Bomber Bill Fetherston Source: Library and Archives Canada RG112 Vol 30643 via R Whitehouse
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#2 Missing Research & Enquiry Unit Report pg 2 This page states that the searchers actually saw the remains of the aircraft and identified it as a Lancaster with the number NN 758 on it. They found that there had been a survivor of the crew (Bellisle) though they did not know his name as yet. They took action to register the grave for the graves concentration units that were to follow. Source: Library and Archives Canada RG112 Vol 30643 via R Whitehouse
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CRASHED BRITISH AIRCRAFT Report This is the Air Ministry report on the aircraft found just north of Laichingen, Germany. It identifies Watts aircraft by Roundel numbers, aircraft part serial numbers etc. This is F/O Watts aircraft. Source: Library and Archives Canada RG112 Vol 30643 via R Whitehouse
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Post Presumption Memo 45/49 This memo closed the case for Watts' crew. Source: Library and Archives Canada RG112 Vol 30643 via R Whitehouse
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Minute #1 (29 Sept 45) Details of the Watts crew investigation. Source: Library and Archives Canada RG112 Vol 30643 via R Whitehouse
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Memorial Stone erected March 2015, Laichengen Germany
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Memorial Stone erected March 2015, Laichengen Germany
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Portion of NN758 found near Laichengen, Germany
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Crash site of Lancaster NN758 near Laichingen Germany.<P> Casualties were:<BR> F/LT A.C. Watt RCAF<BR> F/Sgt A.E. Wotherspoon RCAF<BR> F/Sgt W.H Fetheraton RCAF<BR> F/Sgt J.S. Jackson RAF<BR> F/Sgt G.W. Blackshaw RAF<BR> F/Sgt J.S. Hickey RAF<p> One crew member survived, F/Sgt A.C. Bellisle (RCAF) who was captured and taken POW at Stalag 5A. F/Sgt Bellisle returned to Canada after the war.
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Crew of Lancaster NN758, lost on the night of 17 March 1945. F/Lt A.C. "Al" Watt, Pilot (RCAF, J/89387)KIA 17-MAR-45 Sgt. J.F. “Jim” Jackson, Flight Engineer (RAF, 3040028) KIA 17-MAR-45 F/Sgt. W.H. “Bill” Fetherston, Bomb Aimer(RCAF, R/190659) KIA 17-MAR-45 F/Sgt. G.W. “George” Blackshaw, Navigator (RAF, 1620678) KIA 17-MAR-45 F/Sgt. J.S. “Stan” Hickey, Wireless Operator (RAF, 1230658) KIA 17-MAR-45 F/Sgt. A.C. Bellisle, Mid-Upper Gunner (RCAF, R/271059) POW 18-MAR-45 (Stalag 5a) F/Sgt. A.E. “Al” Wotherspoon, Rear Gunner (RCAF, R/192267) KIA 17-MAR-45
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Original burial site of the Al Watt crew.
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Durnbach grave site.
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Original burial location today.
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Crash site looking toward Lachigen.
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Al Watt (Recruit)
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Al Watt (Pilot)
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Final Grave Site, Durnbach
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Flight Lieutenant Alastair Clarence Watt is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
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Flight Lieutenant Alastair Clarence Watt is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
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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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Remembering brothers lost … Brothers In Arms Memorial, Zonnebeke, BE … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022
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CIMETIÈRE DE GUERRE DE DURNBACH Allemagne
Durnbach est un village à 16 kilomètres à l'est de Bad Tolz, une ville située à 48 kilomètres au sud de Munich. Le cimetière de guerre de Durnbach est à 3 kilomètres au nord du village de Gmund am Tegernsee. En suivant la A8 à partir de Munich, tournez à l'intersection Holzkirchen, prenant ainsi la route 318 en direction de Gmund am Tegernsee. Au carrefour avec la 427, tournez à gauche sur la Miesbach. Le cimetière se trouve à gauche, à 500 mètres environ du carrefour entre la 318 et la 472.
Pour plus d’informations, visitez la Commission des sépultures de guerre du Commonwealth (site disponible en anglais seulement).
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