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Allistair Bruce Martin

In memory of:

Flight Sergeant Allistair Bruce Martin

August 1, 1942
Belgium

Military Service


Service Number:

R/72512

Age:

24

Force:

Air Force

Unit:

Royal Canadian Air Force

Division:

9 (R.A.F.) Sqdn

Additional Information


Born:

February 24, 1918
Springton, Prince Edward Island

Enlistment:

August 22, 1940
Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island

Son of Cyrus Martin, and Jeanetta Martin, of Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island.

Commemorated on Page 94 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information


Cemetery:
Grave Reference:

3. B. 14.

Location:

HEVERLEE WAR CEMETERY is located 30 km from Brussels and 3 km south of Leuven. Turn left out of Leuven railway station onto the Tiensevest(ring road R 23). Follow the Tiensevest through the junctions Tiensepoort and Parkpoort and along the Naamsepoort. Turn left at the Naamsepoort onto the Naamsesteenweg (N251) signposted Namen, Waver & Heverlee. Continue until you cross the railway line at Heverlee and take the first left turn into the Hertogstraat. Follow Hertogstraat to the end and turn right at the Sport Hall onto the Kerpelstraat. Continue down the Kerpelstraat until you come to a crossroads at which the HEVERLEE WAR CEMETERY is located.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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  • Memorial– Flight Sergeant Allistair Bruce Martin is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
  • Memorial– Flight Sergeant Allistair Bruce Martin 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
  • Group Photo– No. 25 Course - 1 Signals School at RAF Cosford 1941
  • Photo of Allistair Bruce Martin– Allistair at RAF Cosford
  • Hartsville War Memorial– This war memorial is located in Hartsville, Prince Edward Island.
  • Inscription
  • Grave Marker– Sgt. Alastair Martin was a Air gunner on Wellington BJ876 9 Squadron who crashed on August 1st 1942 at Neeroeteren-Belgium, after shot down by a German night fighter Lt. Ludwig Wolf 6./NJG1
Photo: Michel Beckers  WWII Crashsite research

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