Operation: Training

Date: 08th December 1941 (Monday)

Unit: No. 3 Flying Training School

Type: Airspeed Oxford I

Serial: R6017

Code: Not known

Base: RAF Bibury, Gloucestershire

Location: At base - RAF Bibury

Pilot: LAC. Edward McAllister 1372895 RAFVR Age 22. Killed

REASON FOR LOSS:

Not many details apart from he overshot the Runway and crashed - we welcome any further information that can be passed on to the relatives.

He was the only son, his mother lost her first husband during the first World War.

Burial details:

LAC. Edward McAllister. St. Ninians Parish Burial Ground (Bannockburn) Compt. B.9. Grave 13. Son of George and Hannah McAllister, of Bannockburn, Stirling, Scotland. Grave inscription reads: “In Loving Memory Of Our Dear Son, RIP.”

Researched and dedicated to the niece of the pilot, Anne Simpson - January 2017. Thanks to sources as quoted below: