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Fate In Battle is date of incident between July 10 1940 and October 31 1940. Fate After Battle is date of death after the Battle


The Battle of Britain clasp (worn on the 1939-45 Star – or a silver gilt rosette if medal ribbons only are worn) is restricted to aircrew from 71 defined units
of RAF Fighter Command, Coastal Command or the Fleet Air Arm, who flew at least one operational sortie between 00:01 July 10 1940 and 23:59 October 31 1940.

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VintageWings.ca: comprehensive listing of artworks
bbm.org: Comprehensive listing of RAF personnel and service records
Wikipedia: Life stories of leading pilots and crew
AircrewRemembered Paradie Canadian Archive Database: 45,000 Service Records of RCAF personnel
AircrewRemembered Allied Losses and Incidents Database: Covering 120,000+ Allied aircrew 1939 - 1945
AircrewRemembered Archiwum: specialist database with details of Polish personnel (in Polish)
AircrewRemembered Kracker Luftwaffe Archive: 31,000 Luftwaffe pilot and crew details
AircrewRemembered LOST: Rob Philips Memorial Archive: Dutch losses in Europe
bel-memorial.org: Comprehensive site on Belgian aircrew


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SORT (↓)		First NamesRankService No.PhotoAir ForceCountry of Origin*SquadronsAwardsAircraftVictoriesFate in BattleFate After BattleDateOfDeath**************Notes**************
1 TruemanAlec Albert GrayFg Off40766


Trueman Road, Kenley

Pointe de Bute, Canada		RAFCanadian253Sqn

Hurricane0.5KIA1940-09-04 Age 26Shot down and killed over Kenley in Hurricanes I (V6638) on 4 September 1940. Whyteleafe St Luke Churchyard England

Born: 1914 in Sackville, New Brunswick, Canada. Canadian pilot’s licence in Ottawa. Joined the RAF on a short service commission in 1938. Completed his training at 6 Flying Training School at Netheravon in Wiltshire. Commissioned as an acting pilot officer on 7 May 1938 and confirmed as a pilot officer on 7 March 1939. Arriving back in England from Canada on 30 May 1939, ended up with 155 Sqd Bomber Command, based at Hemswell in Lincolnshire, on Handley Page Hampdens. There, during take-off on a training flight with a full bomb load, he made an error: 'Hemswell on 27/05/1940: 144 Squadron Hampden L4135 Coded PL-? The aircraft’s back broke when the pilot turned the aircraft sharply and braked harshly whilst taxiing with full bomb load at 1615hrs. Pilot P/O AAG Trueman and crew were unhurt.' Arrived at 6 Operational Training Unit, Sutton Bridge in Lincolnshire, on 24 June 1940 to convert onto Hurricanes. On 20 July he was posted to 253 Sqd at Turnhouse. In August 1940, 253 Sqd moved back to Kenley. On 2 September Alec was credited with damaging a Bf109. Two days later he was in combat over Kenley Airfield when he was shot down and killed by an enemy aircraft, his Hurricane V6638 crashing at Tudor Close, Banstead. He was 26; the day before his death he had been promoted to the rank of flying officer. Buried in St. Luke’s Churchyard, Whyteleafe, Surrey. Also commemorated on a family memorial in Pointe de Bute Cemetery in New Brunswick, Canada. In the final quarter of 1940 Ethel Trueman, Alec’s young wife, registered the births of twin sons, Alec A. G. and Michael G. G. Trueman. Ethel died on 10 June 2002 in Lincoln, aged 89.

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