NatWest Bank, Monton

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NatWest, Monton Rd, Monton.



ALAN FISHER
Rank: Sergeant
Trade: Pilot
Service No: 1128865
Date of Death: 15/08/1942
Age: 20
Regiment/Service: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Grave Reference Sec. G. Grave 17964.
Cemetery PEEL GREEN CEMETERY
Additional Information: Son of John and Olive Fisher, of Weaste, Salford.

Alan was flying in Spitfire P8380 "Black Velvet" when it flew into the ground due to bad visibility/weather at Cymmer (near Port Talbot), Wales.

Alan is also remembered on the St Lukes Church, Weaste, memorial.

[oldsalfordian]

Sept 15, 2012 14:25:20 GMT shred said:

NatWest, Monton Rd, Monton.

"ALAN FISHER
Rank: Sergeant
Trade: Pilot
Service No: 1128865
Date of Death: 15/08/1942
Age: 20

Alan was flying in Spitfire P8380 "Black Velvet" when it flew into the ground due to bad visibility/weather at Cymmer (near Port Talbot), Wales."

Alan was a former pupil of Salford Grammar School, whose WW2 memorial unfortunately had no names on it and whose pupil records were destroyed in a fire. Enough has survived, however, for me to know he left in 1938 as a School Prefect with his School Certificate. He originally went into librarianship but then switched to banking, only for the war to intervene. His parents included his "school chums" among those they thanked for their flowers and expressions of sympathy. I've been in touch with the present owners of the farm he crashed onto, but they told me they had not known about accident until I contacted them, and there was nothing they could think of that might suggest where the site was.
Old Salfordian