Alvin Van Dyke Corless Rank: Flying Officer Status: Killed in Action 1944-06-22

Took off from Spilsby at 23:20 in Lancaster Mk I (Sqn code EM-W Bomber Command) on an operation against the synthetic oil plant at Wesseling Germany.

Out-bound, the aircraft was shot down by a night fighter and crashed near Bree, Limburg Belgium.

Killed: Flying Officer Alvin Van Dyke Corless RCAF J/26477 pilot KIA Adegem Canadian War Cemetery grave XI. J. 2. Sergeant James Ivan Magoffin RCAF R/191611 KIA Adegem Canadian War Cemetery grave XI. J. 7. Sergeant Joseph Francis Mireault RCAF R/222600 KIA Adegem Canadian War Cemetery grave XI. J. 3. Flying Officer Bruce Allan Somers RCAF J/24022 KIA Adegem Canadian War Cemetery grave XI. J. 1. Sergeant Raphael Edward De Casagrande RAF KIA Adegem Canadian War Cemetery grave XI. J. 5. Sergeant Kenneth Victor Barnes RAF KIA Adegem Canadian War Cemetery grave XI. J. 4. Flight Sergeant Stanley Robert Bore RAF KIA Adegem Canadian War Cemetery grave XI. J. 6.

Flying Officer AVD Corless was initially buried at Meeuwen but later exhumed and re-interred at the Adagem Canadian War Cemetery

Lancaster ME683

Avro Lancaster

Avro Lancaster Mk. X RCAF Serial FM 213
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The Avro Lancaster is a British Second World War heavy bomber. It was designed and manufactured by Avro as a contemporary of the Handley Page Halifax, both bombers having been developed to the same specification, as well as the Short Stirling, all three aircraft being four-engined heavy bombers adopted by the Royal Air Force (RAF) during the same wartime era.

The Lancaster has its origins in the twin-engine Avro Manchester which had been developed during the late 1930s in response to the Air Ministry Specification P.13/36 for a capable medium bomber for "world-wide use". Originally developed as an evolution of the Manchester (which had proved troublesome in service and was retired in 1942), the Lancaster was designed by Roy Chadwick and powered by four Rolls-Royce Merlins and in one version, Bristol Hercules engines. It first saw service with RAF Bomber Command in 1942 and as the strategic bombing offensive over Europe gathered momentum, it was the main aircraft for the night-time bombing campaigns that followed. As increasing numbers of the type were produced, it became the principal heavy bomber used by the RAF, the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) and squadrons from other Commonwealth and European countries serving within the RAF, overshadowing the Halifax and Stirling. Wikipedia

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Lancaster Mk.I ME683

Delivered to No. 207 Sqn EM-W) 4 Mar 1944. Missing on operation to Wesseling 21/22 Jun 1944. 225 operational hours.

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Air Chief Marshal	A/C/M
Air Marshal	A/M
Air Vice Marshal	A/V/M
Air Commodore	A/C
Group Captain	G/C
Wing Commander	W/C
Squadron Leader	S/L
Flight Lieutenant	F/L
Flying Officer	F/O
Pilot Officer	P/O
Warrant Officer 1st Class	WO1
Warrant Officer 2nd Class	WO2
Flight Sergeant	FS
Sergeant	SGT
Corporal	CPL
Senior Aircraftman	SAC
Leading Aircraftman	LAC
Aircraftman 1st Class	AC1
Aircraftman 2nd Class	AC2

Corless, Alvin Van Dyke (Flying Officer)

Killed in Action 1944-June-22

Lancaster ME683

Avro Lancaster

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Lancaster Mk.I ME683

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Lancaster FM213

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Corless, Alvin Van Dyke (Flying Officer)

Killed in Action 1944-June-22

Lancaster ME683

Avro Lancaster

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Lancaster Mk.I ME683

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