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Aiston, A.W., Sgt., 1944
In Lincoln (Newport) Cemetery is the Commonwealth War Grave of 1532964 Sergeant Alfred William Aiston, serving with the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve who died 16/03/1944.

Simon Glancey has submitted the following:

Sgt. Aiston was killed when Avro Lancaster III ED606 JO-E of 463 (R.A.A.F.) Squadron collided with another Lancaster, ND637 CF-L of 625 Squadron while preparing to land at R.A.F. Waddington after a mission to Stuttgart. The Lancasters collided near Branston, 4 miles south east of Lincoln, and crashed with the loss of all fourteen crew members from both aircraft.
Royal Air Force Bomber Command Losses of the Second World War: 1944; W.R. Chorley; 1997; Midland Counties Publications; ISBN 0 904597 91 1, pages 115 and 116

He is remembered in Whitburn on W100.01


The CWGC entry for Sergeant Aiston

If you know more about this person, please send the details to janet@newmp.org.uk