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Sergeant Ernest Trevor “Bud” Aitkens

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Sergeant Ernest Trevor “Bud” Aitkens Veteran

Birth
Vancouver, Greater Vancouver Regional District, British Columbia, Canada
Death
4 Dec 1942 (aged 20)
Lethbridge, Lethbridge Census Division, Alberta, Canada
Burial
Vancouver, Greater Vancouver Regional District, British Columbia, Canada Add to Map
Plot
HORNE1-1-04-014-0009
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Service Number: R/122006, Age: 20, Royal Canadian Air Force
Son and only child of Ernest G. Aitkens and Vera M. Aitkens, of Vancouver.
LAC Ernest Aitkens was killed and two others injured when their Fairey Battle bomber from No. 8 Bombing and Gunnery School crashed 5 miles east of Kenyon Field near Lethbridge, Alberta. He was a wireless operator gunner student who had just graduated. Before joining the RCAF, Ernest was an invoice clerk for the Hudson's Bay Company at Vancouver.
Service Number: R/122006, Age: 20, Royal Canadian Air Force
Son and only child of Ernest G. Aitkens and Vera M. Aitkens, of Vancouver.
LAC Ernest Aitkens was killed and two others injured when their Fairey Battle bomber from No. 8 Bombing and Gunnery School crashed 5 miles east of Kenyon Field near Lethbridge, Alberta. He was a wireless operator gunner student who had just graduated. Before joining the RCAF, Ernest was an invoice clerk for the Hudson's Bay Company at Vancouver.

Inscription

R/122006 SERGEANT
ERNEST T. AITKENS
ROYAL CANADIAN AIR FORCE
4TH DECEMBER 1942 AGE 20
AT REST



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  • Maintained by: Fran Aitkens
  • Originally Created by: SusanR
  • Added: Sep 16, 2007
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/21585779/ernest_trevor-aitkens: accessed ), memorial page for Sergeant Ernest Trevor “Bud” Aitkens (8 Feb 1922–4 Dec 1942), Find a Grave Memorial ID 21585779, citing Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver, Greater Vancouver Regional District, British Columbia, Canada; Maintained by Fran Aitkens (contributor 49030584).