- SURNAME
Cottam
- FORENAME
Alden Preston
- UNIT
617 Squadron,R.C.A.F.
- RANK
Warrant Officer Second Class
- NUMBER
R/93558
- DATE OF DEATH
17th May 1943
- AGE
30
- GRAVESITE
Reichswald Forest War Cemetery,Germany 5.C.1
- ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
born 1913 Alberta,Canada
son of Edwin A. and Margaret A. Cottam,Jasper Park,Alberta,Canada
RCAF 1941
trainee 22.3.1941
617 Squadron 25.3.1943
w.op/air gunner
Lancaster ED937
Op.Chastise (Eder Dam)
hit by flak and crashed 0236 hours Netterden,Germany
DATE OF DEATH:
17-May-1943
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