They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old; Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn. At the going down of the sun and in the morning; We will remember them. These famous words come from the famous poem, For the Fallen, by Robert Laurence Binyon.
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Name: | Charles Alvin |
Date of Birth: | 1925 |
Date of Death: | March 21 1945 |
City: | Chipman, Queens Co |
Province: | NB |
Served With: | Canadian Forces |
Served In: | Air Force |
Regiment: | RCAF |
Unit: | 419 Sqn |
War/Conflict: | Second World War |
Pilot Officer Alvin Elliott grew up in Coles Island, NB. He was a Wireless/Air Gunner with 419 Sqn, RCAF. On the night of March 20th-21st 1945, he was the wireless operator in Lancaster X KB-786 coded VR-P when it was shot down by a German night fighter while on a bombing operation over Hemmingstedt. PO Elliott and five of his fellow aircrew were killed with the seventh being taken prisoner. He was the son of the Late Fred and Annie Elliott.