Aleo, Joseph
Personal Information
Rank | WO2 |
Forename(s) | Joseph |
Surname | Aleo |
Gender | M |
Age | 23 |
Date of Death | 13-01-1943 |
Next of Kin | Son of Peter Aleo and Helena Aleo (née Dugos), of Temperance Avenue, Niagara Falls, Ontario |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Avro Lancaster I |
Serial Number | W4261 |
Markings | ZN-C |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | Germany |
Burial/Memorial Place | Reichswald Forest War Cemetery |
Grave Reference | 8. G. 14. |
Epitaph |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 1 |
Panel Number | 1 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | R/66126 |
Service | Royal Canadian Air Force |
Group | 5 |
Squadron | 106 |
Squadron Motto | Pro libertate (For freedom) |
Trade | Wireless operator |
Country of Origin | Canada |
Other Memorials
Location | Holy Trinity Church, Martin, Lincolnshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Stone Tablet & Roll of Honour in Wooden Case |
Memorial Text | To the memory of the Airmen of 106 Sqn who gave their lives in the 1939-45 War |
Location | Former Airfield Site, Martin Moor, Lincolnshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Brick moument with inscribed Slate Tablets & Plaques |
Memorial Text | Dedicated to the airmen and airwomen who served on 106 Sqn in WW2. 995 gave their lives |
Miscellaneous Information
Born on 30 October 1919 at Niagara Falls. His father worked as a Craneman and Rigger and was born in Italy and his mother was born in Montreal, Quebec. They lived in Temperance Avenue, Niagara Falls. He want to the Memorial School 1926-1934 , then four years at Niagara Falls Collegiate Institute where he took his Matric Course. Joseph then spent a year at the Niagara Business College 1938-1939 (Business course). Joseph also spent 3 years with the Lincoln Welland Signals. He had worked as a Draftsman and Chainman. Joseph spoke three languages: English, French and Italian. |
He enlisted on 12 August 1940 and after early training embarked for the U.K. on 9 December 1941. Arriving at 3 PRC on 19 December 1941 he was then at 2 AOS on 2 January 1942, 16 OTU 7 April 1942 and eventually ended up at 106 Squadron on 17 August 1943. |
The sports he took part in were rugby, hockey, tennis, ping-pong and golf and his hobby was astrology. |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/833/2 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/833/1 |
Fellow Servicemen
Please note that this list gives all the losses aboard the quoted aircraft and occasionally these may have occurred on an earlier date when the aircraft was not itself lost. Please check the dates of death carefully.
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 13-01-1943 |
End Date | 14-01-1943 |
Takeoff Station | Syerston |
Day/Night Raid | Night (57% moon) |
Operation | Essen |
Reason for Loss | Shot down by a night-fighter flown by Maj. Werner Streib, Stab 1./NJG1 at 19.16hrs SW of Appeldoorn. Crashed at Oberhausen nr Dusseldorf. Initially buried in Dusseldorf North Cemetery and reinterred on 28 November 1946. |