Aitken, Alexander Patterson Morris
Personal Information
Rank | F/S |
Forename(s) | Alexander Patterson Morris |
Surname | Aitken |
Gender | M |
Age | 20 |
Date of Death | 10-03-1943 |
Next of Kin | Son of William and Christina Philip Aitken, of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Handley Page Halifax II |
Serial Number | W1241 |
Markings |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | United Kingdom |
Burial/Memorial Place | Ripon Cemetery |
Grave Reference | Sec. H. Grave 365. |
Epitaph | AT THE GOING DOWN OF THE SUN AND IN THE MORNING WE WILL REMEMBER HIM. MUM, DAD, BILLY AND JIMMIE |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 121 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | R/86972 |
Service | Royal Canadian Air Force |
Group | 6 |
Squadron | 1659 HCU |
Trade | Pilot |
Country of Origin | Canada |
Other Memorials
Location | Roman Rd, Leeming, North Yorkshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Brass plaque set into a stone plinth into which is carved with the Canadian maple leaf and the Yorkshire rose. |
Memorial Text | This memorial is dedicated to those men and women who served at RAF Leeming during World War II, including those from the Royal Canadian Air Force Squadrons, whose members came from all parts of the Commonwealth from 1942 to 1945; 405 Vancouver, 408 Goose |
Location | Opposite old Main Guardroom, RAF Leeming, North Yorkshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Stone Memorial & Metal Plaques |
Memorial Text | In commemoration of those men and women of many nations who served at RAF Leeming during the second world war. |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
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 | 10-03-1943 |
End Date | 10-03-1943 |
Takeoff Station | Leeming |
Day/Night Raid | Day |
Operation | Training |
Reason for Loss | Banking in readiness to land, went out of control and crashed on the SE side of the airfield, bursting into flames. |