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Once again, my thanks to everyone who has contributed. My uncle was only 6 when the accident occurred, but he had met Alex. I will speak to him today to update him on all this information. Understandably, they were told Alex had jumped out but his chute hadn't opened properly due to fire damage. It ...

Thank you for your prompt reply. I went to his grave on Sunday after the Remembrance Service. He has several Canadian colleagues with him, although his grave is opposite the main CWGC section. I will do some more research as I want to find out how he met his wife in Wrexham. It may well be she was i...

My apologies for 'invading your site', but I am a retired RAF navigator who is researching an RCAF pilot who married into my family during WWII, but was sadly killed in a flying incident in 1944. His name was Fg Off AA 'Alex' McKiggan of No 400 Sqn RCAF, and he married my late dad's cousin, Doris Wi...