Saint, Alexander Duncan
Personal Information
Rank | Sgt |
Forename(s) | Alexander Duncan |
Surname | Saint |
Gender | M |
Age | 23 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 26-04-1942 |
Next of Kin | Son of Wilfred and Drusilla Saint, of Bonavista, Newfoundland. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Vickers Wellington III |
Serial Number | X3633 |
Markings | KO-Y |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | Denmark |
Burial/Memorial Place | Aabenraaa Cemetery |
Grave Reference | Allied Mil. Plot. Row 1. Coll. grave 6A. |
Epitaph | GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS, THAT A MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 237 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 798543 |
Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Group | 3 |
Squadron | 115 |
Trade | Observer |
Country of Origin | Newfoundland |
Other Memorials
Location | Lancaster Industrial Estate, Witchford, Cambridgeshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Stone Pillar with inscribed Slate Tablets & Metal Plaques |
Memorial Text | In honour of those who served during the Second World War 1939 - 1945 |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/889/8 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/889/7 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 25-04-1942 |
End Date | 26-04-1942 |
Takeoff Station | Marham |
Day/Night Raid | Night (72% moon) |
Operation | Rostock. 110 aircraft to bomb the town and 18 to bomb the Heinkel factory. The former was bombed heavily and the latter was hit for the first time by 106 Sqn under Guy Gibson |
Reason for Loss | Shot down by a night-fighter and crashed 3km SW of Over Jerstal, Denmark, where a stone memorial was erected by the villagers |