Alec Norman Jennison
Military
This photo is A flight 3 Squadron Belle View Hotel Aberwrystwith June 1943. No 4 British Flight Training School collection
Nephew Norman Woollons.
Object Number - UPL 56187 - Alec Norman Jennison trained at Falcon Field on Course 19 from 8 December 1943 and graduated on 17 June 1944. This photo is A flight 3 Squadron...
Alec Norman Jennison trained on Course 19 at Falcon Field from 8 December 1943 and graduated on 17 June 1944.
Alec was born and grew up in Idle, a village near Bradford in Yorkshire. He attended Bradford Grammar School.
While training in Arizona he met a local girl and after graduation kept in touch. He intended to return to Arizona after the war to marry her. Tragically he was killed in a training accident while flying an Anson Mk 1 over the Irish Sea from RAF Jurby, Isle of Man on 16th April 1945. He was 24.
Details of the training crash can be seen at this link: https://www.unithistories.com/officers/RAFVR_officers_J01.html
The wreckage was never found and he is commemorated on panel 267 of the RAF Runnymede Memorial.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: School
- Type Category: Other
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Falcon Field No.4 British Flying Training School
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
Idle | 13 September 1920 | Born in Idle near Bradford in Yorkshire. |
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Died |
RAF Jurby, Isle of Man | 16 April 1945 | Died in a naval training exercise over the Irish Sea. |
