Beatty, Alvin Marshall (Flying Officer)

Killed in Action 1944-May-23

Flying Officer Alvin Marshall Beatty RCAF

Birth Date: 1910-December-09

Born:

Parents: William Marshall Beatty and Clara Isabella Beatty (née Thomson) of Manitou Manitoba

Spouse: Winifred Kate Beatty (née Reed), m.1939-11-22 at Tisdale.

Home: Outremont, Quebec

Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: unkown date

Service

RCAF

Unit

77 (B) Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
Esse Potius Quam Videri To be, rather than to seem

Base

RAF Full Sutton

Rank

Flying Officer

Position

Bomb Aimer

Service Numbers

J/25737

Home

Outremont, Quebec

Target

Orleans France

Final Burial

Communal Cemetery
Mil Plot Grave 4

77 Squadron (Esse Potius Quam Videri). Halifax aircraft LL 138 missing during operations to Orleans Loirt, France. Pilot Officer R.J. Peggs (RAAF), Sergeants R.G. James (RAF), and R.A. Rose (RAF) were also killed. Three of the crew, not Canadians, were taken Prisoners of War. addendum: See page 39. The squadron was based at Full Sutton when aircraft LL 138-N went missing during operations to Orleans Loiret, France. WO. G.T. Haworth (RAF),Sgt.s C.T. Hale (RAF), and J.D. Taylor (RAF) were taken Prisoners of War. Sgt. Hale died while a prisoner. Detail from "Some Of The Many" by Roy Walker, Kent, England.

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