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Son of E. Howard Durnin and Marcia Ellen Durnin. Nephew of Mrs. M. A. Granat, of Hamilton, Ontario.
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Pilot Officer Alan Howard Durnin
P/O Al Howard Durnin, 22, from Hamilton, Ontario (Bomb Aimer)
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Pilot Officer Alan Howard Durnin
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).
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Pilot Officer Alan Howard Durnin
Lancaster LL687 EQ*M 'Berlin Special.' Shot down at Spreckens, Germany, July 29, 1944. All crew except Flt Eng David Scott killed.
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Alan Howard Durnin
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Pilot Officer Alan Howard Durnin
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.
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Pilot Officer Alan Howard Durnin
Grave marker at Becklingen War Cemetery, Germany.
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Alan Howard Durnin
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Pilot Officer Alan Howard Durnin
Plot 17, Row D, Graves 4-8 - Becklingen War Cemetery … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
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Pilot Officer Alan Howard Durnin
Becklingen War Cemetery … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Alan Howard Durnin
Photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
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Pilot Officer Alan Howard Durnin
Pilot Officer Alan Howard Durnin is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
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Pilot Officer Alan Howard Durnin
Pilot Officer Alan Howard Durnin is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
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Pilot Officer Alan Howard Durnin
Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
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Pilot Officer Alan Howard Durnin
From the Toronto Telegram September 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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P/O Al Howard Durnin, 22, from Hamilton, Ontario (Bomb Aimer)
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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).
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Lancaster LL687 EQ*M 'Berlin Special.' Shot down at Spreckens, Germany, July 29, 1944. All crew except Flt Eng David Scott killed.
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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.
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Grave marker at Becklingen War Cemetery, Germany.
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Plot 17, Row D, Graves 4-8 - Becklingen War Cemetery … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
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Becklingen War Cemetery … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
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Photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
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Pilot Officer Alan Howard Durnin is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
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Pilot Officer Alan Howard Durnin is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
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Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
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From the Toronto Telegram September 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 297 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.
For more information, visit Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
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