Service militaire
Lieu de l’enterrement/commemoration
Fils d'Henry Joseph et Ida Marie Grenon. Époux de Rosalie L. Grenon de Neepawa, Manitoba.
Galerie numérique de Flight Sergeant Alfred Joseph Grenon
Galerie numérique de
Flight Sergeant Alfred Joseph Grenon
Galerie numérique de
Flight Sergeant Alfred Joseph Grenon
Dishforth Cemetery, N. Yorkshire (CWGC)
[From http://www.yorkshire-aircraft.co.uk/aircraft/planes/ryedale/he177.html and used with permission of Rich Allenby]
Wellington HE 177 of 428 Sqdn had taken off at 22.07 hours on a mine laying trip. The pilot tried to land at RCAF East Moor on its return but overshot the runway and crashed at 02.35 hrs. Four were killed in the crash. The aircraft ended up at right angles to the runway in the fields beyond the end of the runway.
Along with F/S Grenon were the following crew: F/S (P) Alexander Simpson, 21, from Oxbow, Sask.; F/O (BA) Arlie B. Douglas, 31, from Edmonton; F/S (N) Stanley Frewen, 23, from Winnipeg.
The rear gunner, Sgt. A. J. Howes, survived the crash.
Galerie numérique de
Flight Sergeant Alfred Joseph Grenon
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
Galerie numérique de
Flight Sergeant Alfred Joseph Grenon
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
Galerie numérique de
Flight Sergeant Alfred Joseph Grenon
Flight Sergeant Alfred Joseph Grenon is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
Galerie numérique de
Flight Sergeant Alfred Joseph Grenon
Flight Sergeant Alfred Joseph Grenon is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
Galerie numérique de
Flight Sergeant Alfred Joseph Grenon
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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Dishforth Cemetery, N. Yorkshire (CWGC) [From http://www.yorkshire-aircraft.co.uk/aircraft/planes/ryedale/he177.html and used with permission of Rich Allenby] Wellington HE 177 of 428 Sqdn had taken off at 22.07 hours on a mine laying trip. The pilot tried to land at RCAF East Moor on its return but overshot the runway and crashed at 02.35 hrs. Four were killed in the crash. The aircraft ended up at right angles to the runway in the fields beyond the end of the runway. Along with F/S Grenon were the following crew: F/S (P) Alexander Simpson, 21, from Oxbow, Sask.; F/O (BA) Arlie B. Douglas, 31, from Edmonton; F/S (N) Stanley Frewen, 23, from Winnipeg. The rear gunner, Sgt. A. J. Howes, survived the crash.
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Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
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Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
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Flight Sergeant Alfred Joseph Grenon is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
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Flight Sergeant Alfred Joseph Grenon 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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Page 166 du Livre du Souvenir de la Seconde Guerre mondiale.
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CIMETIÈRE DE DISHFORTH Yorkshire, Royaume-Uni
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