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Name: |
AYLSWORTH, Alan Bowen, MiD |
Nationality: |
Canadian |
Regiment/Service: |
Royal Canadian Air Force |
Rank: |
Flight Lieutenant |
Service No.: |
J/7641 |
Unit Text: |
No.10 (BR) Squadron |
Date of Birth: |
23 February 1914 - |
AYLSWORTH, F/L Alan Bowen (J7641) - Mention in Despatches - No.10 (BR) Squadron - Award effective 7 July 1945 as per Canada Gazette of that date and AFRO 1291/45 dated 10 August 1945. Born 23 February 1914. Home in St. George, Ontario; enlisted Kingston, 30 August 1940. To No.1 ITS, 22 December 1940; graduated and promoted LAC, 27 January 1941 when posted to No.10 EFTS; ceased training and posted elsewhere, 10 February 1941; to No.4 AOS, 14 April 1941; graduated 7 July 1941 when posted to No.4 BGS; graduated 17 August 1941 when promoted Sergeant and posted to No.2 ANS; graduated and commissioned 15 September 1941. To No.11 SFTS, 19 December 1941. Promoted Flying Officer, 15 September 1942. To RAF overseas, 13 April 1943 and attached to Overseas Headquarters. Repatriated 29 June 1943. To No.115 Squadron, date uncertain. To No.10 (BR) Squadron, 26 July 1943. Promoted Flight Lieutenant, 4 August 1944. To Eastern Air Command Headquarters, 21 April 1945. To No.4 Release Centre, 21 July 1945. Retired 26 July 1945.
In eight hundred and eighty-nine flying hours on operational duties over the North Atlantic, sometimes under the most adverse weather conditions, Flight Lieutenant Aylsworth has consistently displayed a keenness and skill that has inspired all members of the squadron. His ability and steadiness have played a major part in the successful completion of many sorties which ordinarily may have been curtailed. |
SOURCE: Air Force Association of Canada website & Hugh Halliday (July 30, 2010).
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