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Military service
Service number:
R/56438
Age:
23
Rank:
Warrant Officer Class II
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
218 (R.A.F) Sqdn
Death:
August 7, 1942
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Coll. grave 12. E. 7-9.
Additional information
Son of Leland William and Rachel Helena Bachelder, of St. Anne de Bellevue, Province of Quebec, Canada. Diploma in Agriculture, MacDonald College, St. Anne de Bellevue.
Digital gallery of Warrant Officer Class II Allen Leland Bachelder
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Memorial
Warrant Officer Class II Allen Leland Bachelder is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Warrant Officer Class II Allen Leland Bachelder is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … 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 -
Photo of ALLEN LELAND BACHELDER
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Attestation paper
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Letter
Allen and his sister. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Letter of recommendation
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Letter
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Letter of recommendation
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Grave Marker
Photo courtesy of Frans van Cappellen, Putten, The Netherlands<P> Stirling N6072 was airborne 0110 7Aug452 from Downham Market. Shot down by a night-fighter and crashed 0315 near Kessel (Limburg), Holland. Those killed are buried in Jonkerbos War Cemetery. Sgt Bachelder was a student of agriculture and graduated from MacDonald College, St.Anne de Bellevue, Canada. Killed were: Sgt. Bachelder; RAF Sgts H.P.Gardiner, G.C.Cavanagh, and L.W.A.Barnard. Three of the crew served out the war as PoWs: F/S D.W.Moffett; Sgt W.J.Laidlaw; Sgt J.V.Green. (Source: //lostbombers.co.uk) -
Group Photo
No. 25 Course at 1 Signals School, RAF Cosford 1941 -
Photo of Allen Bachelder
Photo submitted for the project Operation Picture Me with the permission of McGill University from their web site, 'McGill Remembers'
Digital gallery of
Warrant Officer Class II Allen Leland Bachelder
Digital gallery of
Warrant Officer Class II Allen Leland Bachelder
Digital gallery of
Warrant Officer Class II Allen Leland Bachelder
Digital gallery of
Warrant Officer Class II Allen Leland Bachelder
Digital gallery of
Warrant Officer Class II Allen Leland Bachelder
Digital gallery of
Warrant Officer Class II Allen Leland Bachelder
Digital gallery of
Warrant Officer Class II Allen Leland Bachelder
Digital gallery of
Warrant Officer Class II Allen Leland Bachelder
Digital gallery of
Warrant Officer Class II Allen Leland Bachelder
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