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Military service
Service number:
J/85681
Age:
23
Rank:
Pilot Officer
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
408 Sqdn.
Birth:
November 14, 1920
Vancouver, British Columbia
Enlistment:
July 10, 1941
London, Ontario
Death:
July 29, 1944
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
17. D. 8.
Additional information
Son of E. Howard Durnin and Marcia Ellen Durnin. Nephew of Mrs. M. A. Granat, of Hamilton, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Pilot Officer Alan Howard Durnin
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Photo of Allan Durnin
P/O Al Howard Durnin, 22, from Hamilton, Ontario (Bomb Aimer) -
Group Photo
L-R: Harold Truscott (Mid Upper Gunner), Bob Whitson (Navigator), Jack Irmie (Tail Gunner), Gordon Croucher (Wireless Operator), David Scott (Flight Engineer), Don Ryan (Pilot). -
Group Photo
Lancaster LL687 EQ*M 'Berlin Special.' Shot down at Spreckens, Germany, July 29, 1944. All crew except Flt Eng David Scott killed. -
Ground Crew for LL687
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Group Photo
Dry Ditching Exercise on LL723. L-R Harold Truscott by upper turrent, Gordon Croucher, Bob Whitson, Don Ryan climbing out of hatch, David Scott inboard wing and Al Durnin outboard wing. -
Grave Marker
Grave marker at Becklingen War Cemetery, Germany. -
Crew Photo
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Cemetery
Plot 17, Row D, Graves 4-8 - Becklingen War Cemetery … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Grave Marker
Becklingen War Cemetery … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Cemetery
Photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Pilot Officer Alan Howard Durnin is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Pilot Officer Alan Howard Durnin 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 -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram September 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Alan Howard Durnin
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Alan Howard Durnin
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Alan Howard Durnin
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Alan Howard Durnin
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Alan Howard Durnin
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Alan Howard Durnin
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Alan Howard Durnin
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Alan Howard Durnin
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Alan Howard Durnin
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 297 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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