Surname | GRANT |
Forename(s) | ALEXANDER |
Service Number | 1553514 |
Ground Crew | |
Rank | LAC |
Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Trade | Engine Fitter |
Fate | Survived the war |
Awards with 158 Squadron | |
Awards with another Squadron | |
Posted In | |
From Squadron | 66 Squadron |
Comments | Alexander (Alex) Grant was posted to 158 from 66 squadron in Cornwall where he had worked on Spitfires. In the autumn of 1943 during the run up to D-Day Alex was posted to 624 Special duties squadron in North Africa. He served the remainder of the war overseas with this squadron. After the war he was a teacher in Middlesborough until retiring in 1988 Born Inverness, Scotland 01 February 1923, died Middlesborough England 07 June 2012 |