Alfred Rothwell Mark

He joined the Royal Canadian Air Force and was killed when his Lancaster bomber crashed (at Manibach) near the target - ball bearing factories in Schweinfurt, Bavaria, Germany. It was a bombing raid consisting of 734 RAF bombers and his bomber (that took off from Binbrook, Lincolnshire at 8.24pm on 24 Feb) was one of the 33 lost. His was 460 (B) Squadron (RAAF) and he was the bomb aimer with the rank Flying Officer. Service number: J/25770. One of the 7 crew was a fellow RCAF airman - Pilot Officer Leo Lorne Norman De Celles (son of Leo and Maud De Celles of Montreal while Alfred's parents were listed as being of Victoria, British Columbia). Sergeant Donald Halke was the flight engineer. The crew were buried in Durnbach War Cemetery, Durnbach, Bavaria (after having been buried first in Schweinfurt Cemetery and exhumed). Alfred's Plot is 7. A. 1.

• Canadian Virtual War Memorial, Alfred Mark, https://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/remembrance/memorials/canadian-virtu...
• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/18603145/alfred-rothwell-mark: accessed 13 November 2023), memorial page for Flying Officer ( Air Bomber ) Alfred Rothwell Mark (25 Apr 1917–25 Feb 1944), Find a Grave Memorial ID 18603145, citing Durnbach War Cemetery, Gmund am Tegernsee, Landkreis Miesbach, Bavaria, Germany; Maintained by Operation:PictureMe (contributor 47833248).
• BillionGraves, https://billiongraves.com/grave/Alfred-Rothwell-Mark/40708749
• Dover War Memorial Project - under Halke, D.J. (Flight engineer on the Lancaster), http://www.doverwarmemorialproject.org.uk/Casualties/WWIInot/Surnam...
• Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum, https://caspir.warplane.com/bin/warplanero.exe?action=webprograms&s...