Birth Date: 1923-December-08
Born: Merrickville, Leeds and Grenville United Counties, Ontario, Canada
Parents: Clarence Leslie & Margaret Ann (nee McTavish) Watt
Spouse:
Home: Merrickville, Ontario (parents)
Enlistment:
Enlistment Date: unkown date
Service
RCAF
Unit
103 (B) Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
Noli Me Tangere Touch me not
Base
RAF Elsham Wolds
Rank
Flight Lieutenant
Position
Pilot
Service Numbers
J/89387
Nuremberg Germany
North-West Corner of the Churchyard in Laichingen, Germany
Remains were later exhumed from this location and reburied
Flight Lieutenant Alistair Clarence Watt (RCAF) was BROTHER to Flying Officer Norman Alexander Watt (RCAF), killed in a flying accident when his Spitfire Vb BL 655 crashed on a training flight in England 1943-07-01
103 Squadron (Noli me tangere) RAF Elsham Wolds. Lancaster I aircraft NN 758 PM-S was shot down by night fighter pilot Feldwebel Joseph Brunner of 10/NJG6, crashing two miles north of Laichingen, Germany during a night operation against targets in Nuremberg, Germany
Only one crew member survived the loss of this aircraft
Flight Lieutenant Alastair Clarence Watt (RCAF), Flight Sergeant William Henry Fetherston (RCAF), Pilot Officer Albert Edward Wotherspoon (RCAF), Flight Sergeant George William Blackshaw (RAFVR), Flight Sergeant James Stanley Hickey (RAFVR) and Sergeant James Frederick Jackson (RAFVR) were all killed in action
Flight Sergeant Albert Charles Bellisle (RCAF) bailed out and survived to be taken as Prisoner of War
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1945 1 January - 3 May by Theo Boiten, page 83
Royal Air Force Serial and Image Database
12 Lancasters from 424, 427, and 433 squadrons were ordered on a mining operation to Heligoland. The crews were over the garden at between 8,500and 10,000 feet, sowing 66@1500 lb mines. Richard Koval (6bombergroup.ca)
103 Squadron (Noli me tangere) RAF Elsham Wolds. Lancaster I aircraft NN 758 PM-S was shot down by night fighter pilot Feldwebel Joseph Brunner of 10/NJG6, crashing two miles north of Laichingen, Germany during a night operation against targets in Nuremberg, Germany
Only one crew member survived the loss of this aircraft
Flight Lieutenant Alastair Clarence Watt (RCAF), Flight Sergeant William Henry Fetherston (RCAF), Pilot Officer Albert Edward Wotherspoon (RCAF), Flight Sergeant George William Blackshaw (RAFVR), Flight Sergeant James Stanley Hickey (RAFVR) and Sergeant James Frederick Jackson (RAFVR) were all killed in action
Flight Sergeant Albert Charles Bellisle (RCAF) bailed out and survived to be taken as Prisoner of War
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1945 1 January - 3 May by Theo Boiten, page 83 Royal Air Force Serial and Image Database
Canadian Virtual War Memorial
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Finadagrave.com
Library and Archives Canada Service Files (may not exist)
