DAMBUSTERS McNally, Allan Frank

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

McNally ​

• FORENAME

Allan Frank ​

• UNIT

617 Squadron,R.C.A.F. ​

• RANK

Pilot Officer ​

• NUMBER

J/88571 ​

• DATE OF DEATH

17th September 1944 ​

• AGE

21 ​

• GRAVESITE

Nesbyen (Hallingdal) Churchyard,Norway XII.G.4 ​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

born 28.6.1923 Minaki,Ontario,Canada​

son of Benjamin and Wanda Christina (nee Stenberg) McNally,Minaki,Ontario,Canada​

brother of John Henry McNally,died 8.12.1940 age 20 as AC2 R/71450 RCAF​

employed Canadian National Railway​

enlisted RCAF 11.11.1942 Winnipeg,Manitoba,Canada​

617 Squadron​

air gunner​

Lancaster PB416​

transit from Yagodnik,Russia​

crashed 0215 hours near Nesbyen,Norway​

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his brother served with 4 Bombing and Gunnery School,Fingal,Ontario​

killed when Fairey Battle 1650 crashed in Lake Erie near Port Burwell,Ontario​

buried Lake of the Woods Cemetery,Kenora,Ontario ​