Canadian Virtual War Memorial

Memorial – Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens

Memorial – Flight Sergeant Alfred Reid Chalmers is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens

Memorial – Flight Sergeant Alfred Reid Chalmers is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens

Photo of ALFRED REID CHALMERS – Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me

Photo of ALFRED REID CHALMERS – Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me

Photo of ALFRED REID CHALMERS – Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me

Photo of ALFRED REID CHALMERS – Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me

Photo of ALFRED REID CHALMERS – Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me

Photo of ALFRED REID CHALMERS – Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me

Photo of ALFRED REID CHALMERS – Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me

Photo of ALFRED REID CHALMERS – Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me

Photo of ALFRED REID CHALMERS – brothers Fred, Herb, Jack and Alf. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me

Other – Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me

Grave marker – Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me

Newspaper clipping – From the Toronto Star May 1945. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

Newspaper clipping – From the Toronto Star May 1945. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

Commemorative headstone – Commemorative headstone in Virden cemetery, Virden, Manitoba.

Cemetery – Photo and excerpt of story used with permission of Soren Flensted at www.flensted.eu.com Airwar Over Denmark. Lancaster III LM 479 of 101 (RAF) Sqn took off 21:30 from their base Ludford Magna on an bombing raid to Stettin, Germany. There were 8 crew members on board: 4 RCAF and 4 RAF, and two of them were Air Bombers. On the return flight LM479 was attacked by a German night fighter and crashed at Dejbjerg. Apparently it exploded in the air and crashed in the fields belonging to Kjærgaard farm at 03:58 hours. A search for the crew remains was first conducted by the Wehrmacht and then a search was organized under the command of Captain Kisbye of C.B.U. in Herning and the remains collected were placed in four coffins and taken to the Dejbjerg cemetery where members of the resistance movement had dug a grave. On 14/9 1944 at 19:30 a ceremony was held by Vicar Hans Pedersen and the crew were laid to rest. They were: F/O (P) Thomas Foster RCAF F/S (N) Alfred R. Chalmers RCAF F/O (AB) Samuel A. Mackenzie RCAF P/O (AG/WO) Hubert J. Linn RCAF Sgt (FE) George F. Gibson, RAF P/O (AB) Cyril Cousin, RAF Sgt. (AG) Andrew Stewart, RAF W/O (AG) William Owen, RAF

Photo of Alfred Chalmers – Photo Courstey of www.flensted.eu.com

Funeral – Photo courtesy of Søren C. Flensted, Airwar Over Denmark //flensted.eu.com The graves were dug by members of the resistance and on 14/9 1944 at 19:30 a ceremony was held by Vicar Hans Pedersen and the crew were laid to rest.