Wallace, Alfred Jerry
Personal Information
Rank | F/L |
Forename(s) | Alfred Jerry |
Surname | Wallace |
Gender | M |
Age | 20 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 01-09-1944 |
Next of Kin | Son of Alfred Henry Wallace and Susanna Wallace (née Bigelow), of Kirkland Lake, Ontario. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Short Stirling IV |
Serial Number | LK131 |
Markings | NF-T |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | Netherlands |
Burial/Memorial Place | Gilze-en-Rijen (Gilze) Roman Catholic Churchyard |
Grave Reference | Grave 15. |
Epitaph |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 259 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | J/272564 |
Service | Royal Canadian Air Force |
Group | 3 |
Squadron | 138 (Special Duties) |
Trade | Pilot |
Country of Origin | Canada |
Other Memorials
Location | Village Green, Tempsford, Bedfordshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Stone Memorial with inscribed Marble Tablets |
Memorial Text | In honour of the men and women of Special Duties Sqns stationed at RAF Tempsford |
Location | "The Barn" Gibraltar Farm, Tempsford, Bedfordshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Stone Plaque & Framed Scroll |
Memorial Text | To commemorate the men and women of different nationalities who flew from RAF Tempsford to aid resistance forces in occupied Europe |
Location | St. Peter's Church, Tempsford, Bedfordshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Stone Tablet, Wooden Boards, Brass Plaques & RoH |
Memorial Text | Remembering all those who flew from RAF Tempsford including those of the Royal Australian Air Force |
Miscellaneous Information
Alfred was born in North Cobalt, Ontario on 13 February 1924. His father worked as a Miner and was born in England, and his mother was born in Buckingham, Québec. The schools he attended were all Kirkland Lake. 1930-1936 (General, High School Entrance), 1936-1939 (Matric grade 11) and 1939-1940 (Vocational). His sport interests were hockey, baseball, badminton and swimming. Between 1940-1941 Alfred worked as an Electrician’s helper for City Electric and then as a Shipping Centre counter clerk for Northern Electric in Kirkland Lake from 1941 until enlistment. |
Alfred enlisted on 30 May 1942 and after training embarked from Canada on 16 July 1943. he arrived in the U.K. at 3 PRC on 23 July 1943, 18 (P) AFU 14 September 1943, 12 OTU 11 January 1944, 31 Base 7 April 1944, 1651 CU, 28 April 1944 and 138 Squadron on 7 June 1944. |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 31-08-1944 |
End Date | 01-09-1944 |
Takeoff Station | Tempsford |
Day/Night Raid | Night (95% moon) |
Operation | Special Operations Executive- Operation Gerrit 1, for Holland |
Reason for Loss | Hit by flak and crashed near the airfield at Gilze en Rijen, WNW of Tilburg, Holland |