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Military service
Service number:
J/85605
Age:
23
Rank:
Pilot Officer
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
158 (R.A.F.) Sqdn.
Death:
March 24, 1944
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
5. C. 3.
Additional information
Son of R. A. Van Slyke and Adelaide M. Van Slyke, of Red Deer, Alberta, Canada.
Digital gallery of Pilot Officer Allan Ross Van Slyke
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Newspaper clipping
Photo from The Red Deer Advocate 14 Mar 1945 Details of flight is found on //lostbombers.co.uk:- P/O Van Slyke was Pilot on Halifax #LW 721 in 158 (RAF) Sqdn. The aircraft was airborne 1850 24Mar44 from Lissett. Homebound, the aircraft was shot down by a Ju88 from 23,000 feet, crashing at Pausin some 28 km NW of Berlin. P/O Van Slyke maintained control of the aircraft long enough to allow his crew bail out. He went down with the aircraft. RCAF F/O A. R. McGillivray and F/S J. N. McDonagh along with RAF Sgts H. Ball and W. A. Grant were taken Prisoners of War. Killed were RAF Sgts. R. A. Whitelaw and K.D.Mardon-Mowbray. -
Newspaper clipping
The Red Deer Advocate 14 Mar 1945 -
Newspaper clipping
From the Calgary Herald. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Memorial
Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Pilot Officer Allan Ross Van Slyke is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Pilot Officer Allan Ross Van Slyke is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Identification
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Photo of ALLAN ROSS VAN SLYKE
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Attestation paper
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Newspaper clipping
From the Red Deer Advocate. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Red Deer Advocate. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Allan Ross Van Slyke
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Allan Ross Van Slyke
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Allan Ross Van Slyke
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Allan Ross Van Slyke
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Allan Ross Van Slyke
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Allan Ross Van Slyke
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Allan Ross Van Slyke
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Allan Ross Van Slyke
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Allan Ross Van Slyke
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 468 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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