Stationed at Rockcliffe, Ontario, J/3256 Pilot Officer R.B. Aitken lost his life when the Lysander aircraft (#432), which he was piloting, crashed near Cardinal, Ontario. His air gunner/observer, Sergeant Howard Winfield CHASE, also perished in the accident.
Military Service:-
Rank: Pilot Officer
Trade: Pilot
Service Number: J/3256
Age: 21
Force: Royal Canadian Air Force
Division: Army Co-operation Squadron [RCAF Rockcliffe, Ontario]
He enlisted in the RCAF on 13 May 1940 in Kingston, Ontario, Canada.
Son of Hugh W. Aitken and Amy Scott Aitken of Cardinal, Ontario, Canada.
Pilot Officer Roland Boag Aitken is commemorated on Page 22 of Canada's Second World War Book of Remembrance.
He is also commemorated by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
Military Service:-
Rank: Pilot Officer
Trade: Pilot
Service Number: J/3256
Age: 21
Force: Royal Canadian Air Force
Division: Army Co-operation Squadron [RCAF Rockcliffe, Ontario]
He enlisted in the RCAF on 13 May 1940 in Kingston, Ontario, Canada.
Son of Hugh W. Aitken and Amy Scott Aitken of Cardinal, Ontario, Canada.
Pilot Officer Roland Boag Aitken is commemorated on Page 22 of Canada's Second World War Book of Remembrance.
He is also commemorated by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
Stationed at Rockcliffe, Ontario, J/3256 Pilot Officer R.B. Aitken lost his life when the Lysander aircraft (#432), which he was piloting, crashed near Cardinal, Ontario. His air gunner/observer, Sergeant Howard Winfield CHASE, also perished in the accident.
Military Service:-
Rank: Pilot Officer
Trade: Pilot
Service Number: J/3256
Age: 21
Force: Royal Canadian Air Force
Division: Army Co-operation Squadron [RCAF Rockcliffe, Ontario]
He enlisted in the RCAF on 13 May 1940 in Kingston, Ontario, Canada.
Son of Hugh W. Aitken and Amy Scott Aitken of Cardinal, Ontario, Canada.
Pilot Officer Roland Boag Aitken is commemorated on Page 22 of Canada's Second World War Book of Remembrance.
He is also commemorated by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
Military Service:-
Rank: Pilot Officer
Trade: Pilot
Service Number: J/3256
Age: 21
Force: Royal Canadian Air Force
Division: Army Co-operation Squadron [RCAF Rockcliffe, Ontario]
He enlisted in the RCAF on 13 May 1940 in Kingston, Ontario, Canada.
Son of Hugh W. Aitken and Amy Scott Aitken of Cardinal, Ontario, Canada.
Pilot Officer Roland Boag Aitken is commemorated on Page 22 of Canada's Second World War Book of Remembrance.
He is also commemorated by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
Inscription
(Epitaph...)
ROLY, MOST DEARLY LOVED.
OH, JOYFUL WINGS
CLEAVING THE SKY.
Family Members
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Records on Ancestry
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Canada, World War II Records and Service Files of War Dead, 1939-1947
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UK, World War II Index to Allied Airmen Roll of Honour, 1939-1945
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UK, Commonwealth War Graves, 1914-1921 and 1939-1947
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Ontario, Canada, Deaths and Deaths Overseas, 1869-1950
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Web: Canada, Virtual War Memorial Index, 1900-2014
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