Beatty, Alvin Marshall
Personal Information
Rank | F/O |
Forename(s) | Alvin Marshall |
Surname | Beatty |
Gender | M |
Age | 33 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 23-05-1944 |
Next of Kin | Son of William Marshall Beatty and Clara Isabella Beatty (née Thomson), of Manitou, Manitoba, Canada. Husband of Winifred Kate Beatty (née Reed), whom he married on 22 November 1939 at Tisdale. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Handley Page Halifax V |
Serial Number | LL138 |
Markings | KN-N |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | France |
Burial/Memorial Place | Seris Communal Cemetery |
Grave Reference | Mil. Plot. Grave 4. |
Epitaph |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 129 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | J/25737 |
Service | Royal Canadian Air Force |
Group | 4 |
Squadron | 77 |
Trade | Air Bomber |
Country of Origin | Canada |
Other Memorials
Location | Beatty Lake, Saskatchewan |
Country | Canada |
Memorial Type | Lake |
Memorial Text |
Location | Holy Trinity Church, Elvington, North Yorkshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Stained Glass Window & Roll of Honour |
Memorial Text | Memorial windows and Roll of Honour for 77 Sqn. R.A.F. |
Location | Yorkshire Air Museum, Elvington North Yorkshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Marble Column with Metal Sculpture and Plaques |
Memorial Text | Memorial to 77 Sqn. R.A.F. City of Lancaster's own |
Miscellaneous Information
Alvin was born on 9 December 1910 at Manitou, Manitoba. His father, who died in 1932, was born at Kincardine, Ontario, and was a grain buyer, and his mother was born at Kaleida, Manitoba. He had a brother Russell who carried out general duties in the RCAF and three younger sisters, Kathleen , Muriel and Margaret. The schools he attended were Manitou Altamonte, Manitoba 1917 - 1925, (grade 8); Tisdale High school, Saskatchewan, 1925-1928 (Academic) and L.L. School of Electricity studying Electrical theory in 1928. He also attended the WETP school pre enlistment course at Regina in 1942. He occasionally played tennis, golf and sometimes trap shooting and his hobbies were movies , music and ping pong. He also liked to tinker with radios. Between 1928-1931 Alvin worked on his father’s homestead and then worked as a tractor operator on various farms between 1931 and 1935. He then became a junior operator for the Saskatchewan Power Commission at Tisdale, between 1935-1942. |
He enlisted on 25 June 1942 and after training was posted to the U.K., departing from Canada on 16 July 1943. He arrived at 3PRC on 23 July 1943 and 5 AOS on 14 August, 19 OTU 5 October 1943, 41 Base 14 March 1944 and 77 Squadron 16 May 1944. Just one week later on 23 May 1944, Alvin sadly lost his life. |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/657/10 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/657/9 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 22-05-1944 |
End Date | 23-05-1944 |
Takeoff Station | Full Sutton |
Day/Night Raid | Night (1% moon) |
Operation | Orléans- to bomb railway installations. 128 aircraft, 1 Halifax Lost Most of the bombs fell on the passenger station and the repair workshops |
Reason for Loss | Crashed at Seris, NE of Blois, France |