Canadian Virtual War Memorial

Memorial – Flying Officer Alexander Purves McCracken is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens

Memorial – Flying Officer Alexander Purves McCracken 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 ALEXANDER PURVES MCCRACKEN – Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

Photo of ALEXANDER PURVES MCCRACKEN – Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

Newspaper clipping – From the Montreal Star. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

Newspaper clipping – From the Montreal Star. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

Grave Marker – Photo courtesy of Frans van Cappellen, The Netherlands.

Cemetery – Air crew plot in Ten Boer (Groningen) Protestant Cemetery. (Photo courtesy of Frans van Cappellen, The Netherlands.) F/O McCracken was a member of 408 Squadron, Pathfinder Force. Halifax HR864 was airborne 2146 25Jul43 from Gransden Lodge. Outbound, the aircraft was shot down by a night-fighter crashing at Ten Boer (Groningen) 12 km NE of Groningen, Holland. The crew are: F/O M.E.Tomczak; Sgt A.J.Wood; F/O A.P.McCracken; Sgt C.J.V.Kettley; Sgt E.K.White; F/S M.S.Smyth; F/O A.J.Sochowski was interned in Camp L3, PoW No.1649. (Source: www.lostbombers.co.uk)

Photo of Alexander Purves McCracken – In Memory of the members of Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) who went to war and did not return. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me

Newspaper clipping – From the Montreal Gazette. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me