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Streatfield, Alan

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Rank Sgt
Forename(s) Alan
Surname Streatfield
Gender M
Age 21
Date of Death 04-03-1945
Next of Kin Son of Horace and Margaret Eliza Streatfield, of North Berwick.
STREATFIELD A

Aircraft Information

Aircraft Avro Lancaster I
Serial Number NG502
Markings AR-J

Memorial Information

Burial/Memorial Country United Kingdom
Burial/Memorial Place Cambridge City Cemetery
Grave Reference Grave 15716.
Epitaph BE THOU FAITHFUL UNTO DEATH AND I WILL GIVE THEE A CROWN OF LIFE REV. 2.10

IBCC Memorial Information

Phase 1
Panel Number 103

Enlistment Information

Service Number 1568148
Service Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Group 1
Squadron 460 (Australian)
Squadron Motto Strike and return
Trade Flight engineer
Country of Origin United Kingdom

Other Memorials

Location Adjacent to Clubhouse, Breighton Airfield, East Yorkshire
Country United Kingdom
Memorial Type Inscribed Marble Tablet
Memorial Text A memorial to those who served at Breighton during WW2, including 460 Sqn RAAF
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Location Junction of Kirmond Rd (B1203) & Orford Rd, Binbrook, Lincolnshire
Country United Kingdom
Memorial Type Inscribed Stone Memorial
Memorial Text A memorial to 460 Sqn RAAF which operated from Breighton and Binbrook 1941-1945
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Location Church of St. Mary & St. Gabriel, Binbrook, Lincolnshire
Country United Kingdom
Memorial Type Stained Glass Window, RoH and Sqn Badge
Memorial Text Memorial to 460 Sqn RAAF which served at Binbrook between 1941 and 1945
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Location Former ATC Signals Square, Brookenby Industrial Estate, Lincolnshire
Country United Kingdom
Memorial Type Inscribed Metal Plaques
Memorial Text Memorials to the aircrew and groundcrew of 460 Sqn RAAF who served at Brookenby, 1942-1943
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Location Church of St. Michael & All Angels, Brookenby, Lincolnshire
Country United Kingdom
Memorial Type Inscribed Metal Plaques
Memorial Text Memorials to the aircrew and groundcrew of 460 Sqn RAAF who served at Brookenby, 1942-1943
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Miscellaneous Information

After shooting down the Lancaster, the Ju88 continued to prowl around the area and shot up a car as it travelled on the Welton to Spridlington Road, adjacent to where Manor Park now stands. The driver of the car, Observer Jack Perotti Kelway of the Royal Observer Corps was killed in the attack and became the only ROC member to perish in WW2. His is buried in Lincoln Newport Cemetery and also commemorated on the war memeorial in Welton village. He left a wife Irene and three children: Tony, Patrick and Christine. He was also a Special Constable and was 38 years of age. Just moments after the attack, the Ju88 hit nearby telegraph wires and crashed in fields. The four crew members were all killed and lie in Scampton (St. John the Baptist) Churchyard, their graves tended by CWGC: Pilot: Feldwebel. Heinrich Conze. Born 19.01.1920 in Essen. Radar/Op: Unteroffizier. Rudolf Scherer. Born 04.04.1922 in Dettingen. Radio/Op: Obergefreiter. Werner Nollau. Born 08.10.1923 in Oschatz/Leipzig. Gunner : Unteroffizier. Alfred Altenkirch. Born 20.09.1924 in Bergzow/Magdeburg.
Born 19 June 1923, Sydenham, Kent and subsequently lived in North Berwick and Dundee. He had two siblings: Barbara (b.1926) and Dennis (b.1929). Shortly after the outbreak of war the three children were evacuated to escape the forthcoming Blitz to families in North Berwick, Scotland. Horace managed to secure a Post Office management position in Edinburgh in 1940 and re-united the family in rented accommodation in North Berwick, Scotland. The family was to retain a lifelong association with North Berwick, and indeed the Post Office. Horace had served in the RAMC throughout the first world war as a medical attendant and stretcher bearer, post war he passed the entry exams and was accepted into the management of the Post Office, going to night school to gain further relevant qualifications. Thereafter he rose through the Management Grades, retiring in 1957 as a senior Post Office Manager. Horace died in 1989 aged 91, his wife Elizabeth died in 1973, aged 76.
Alan left North Berwick school and followed his father into the Post Office, taking up a position as Telephone Telgraph Fitter in Dundee. He enlisting into the RAF on 28 March 1942. His sister Barbara stayed in North Berwick, married a local man and they had three children and lived until 2023, passing away at the age of 96. Alan's younger brother Dennis likewise joined the Post Office and in his twenties in 1956 transferred to the Army Postal Service, a section of the Royal Engineers, as a young Officer, rising 30 years later to become the Chief Executive of the British Forces Post Office in the rank of Brigadier. Dennis died of Motor Neurone Disease aged just 58, leaving a wife and three adult children.
Alan was awarded his wings on 4 April 1944, graduating as first in his class. His Flight Engineer's badge was awarded on 4 December 1944. He arrived at No. 460 Squadron on 5 February 1945.
Alan was said to be a spirited young man, handsome and full of fun. Had he lived those who knew him speculate that he would have achieved significant success in whatever he elected to do. He loved flying, was good at it, and likely would have continued to pursue an aviation career.

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Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1910/6
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1910/5

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Last Operation Information

Start Date 03-03-1945
End Date 04-03-1945
Takeoff Station Binbrook
Day/Night Raid Night (79% moon)
Operation Training
Reason for Loss Shot down by a Ju88 intruder flown by Fw. Heinrich Conse (born 19/01/1920) of 7./NJG5. (Operation Gisela), crashing in flames near Barfield House, Langworth, Lincoln.

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