Pilot
officer Roland Boag Aitken
123
Squadron
Royal
Canadian Air Force
Son
of Hugh W. Aitken and Amy S. Aitken, of Cardinal, Ontario.
The
following is gleaned from 439's historical diaries:
While
stationed at Rockcliffe, Ontario, J/3256 Pilot Officer RB Aitken was killed on
Saturday 5 April 1941 at the age of 21, when the Lysander (tail
number 432) which he was piloting, crashed at Cardinal, Ontario. His
air gunner R/57925
Sgt HW Chase was also killed in this crash.
Following
entry is from The
Canadian Virtual War Memorial website courtesy of
the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
J/3256
Pilot Officer RB Aitken is buried in the CARDINAL (ST. ANDREW'S)
PRESBYTERIAN CEMETERY Ontario, Canada: Grave Reference: Lot 8 and 9.
Sec. L.
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