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Digital gallery of Flying Officer Frederick Roy Alty
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Gravemarker
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Entrance
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Cemetery
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Row of Gravemarkers
This set of headstones is a crew from 431 Squadron, that went down over Hamburg, Germany on March 31, 1945, in Lancaster KB-859, coded SE-U. From left to right, the names read: Albert Dorey, Patrick Dennison, John Casey, Martin Hartog, Frederick Alty and John Mercer of the RAFVR. -
Photo of Frederick Alty
F/O Frederick Roy 'Roy' Alty, RCAF, was a crew member of Lancaster X KB-859, 431 'Iroquois' Squadron, 6 Group, Bomber Command. He died March 31, 1945 when his plane was shot down on a mission over Hamburg. KB-859 was coded SE-U, failed to return (SOC 31.3.45). -
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Memorial
The Memorial is located in Dalton-on-Tees, Yorkshire. -
Memorial
Top of the Memorial. The Memorial is located in Dalton-on-Tees, Yorkshire. -
Inscription
Middle of the Memorial. The Memorial is located in Dalton-on-Tees, Yorkshire. -
Plaque
The plaque on the side commemorating 431 Squadron. The Memorial is located in Dalton-on-Tees, Yorkshire. -
Plaque
The plaque at the back of the grounds. -
Inscription
On the bottom of the Memorial. The Memorial is located in Dalton-on-Tees, Yorkshire. -
Grave Marker
From the research work done by Margaret Rose Gaunt and submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Photo of FREDERICK ROY ALTY
From the research work done by Margaret Rose Gaunt and submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Document
From the research work done by Margaret Rose Gaunt and submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Biography
From the research work done by Margaret Rose Gaunt and submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Photo of FREDERICK ROY ALTY
From the research work done by Margaret Rose Gaunt and submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Grave marker
Becklingen War Cemetery ... April 2017 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Flying Officer Frederick Roy Alty is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Flying Officer Frederick Roy Alty is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
International Bomber Command Centre, Lincolnshire, UK - May 2019 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Flying Officer Frederick Roy Alty is also commemorated at the International Bomber Command Centre, Lincolnshire, UK - May 2019 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Newspaper clipping
From a World War 2 issue of the Vancouver Province c.May 1945. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From a World War 2 issue of the Vancouver Province c.May 1945. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Memorial
A portion of the RCAF Memorial Wall, Brandon, MB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens June 2023 -
Memorial
Flying Officer Frederick Roy Alty as commemorated on the RCAF Memorial Wall, Brandon, MB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens June 2023
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 490 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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BECKLINGEN WAR CEMETERY Germany
BECKLINGEN WAR CEMETERY is 13 km south east of Soltau on the west side of the road from Hamburg to Hannover.
From Hannover travel north in the direction of Hamburg on the Autoroute No.7 for 80 km until the junction with Soltau Sud, this is in fact the junction of the A7 with the B3 Hannover to Hamburg road.
On leaving the A7 at Soltau Sud follow the B3 in the direction of Celle and Bergen. The cemetery is on the right hand side of the road, 7 Km from the motorway junction.
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