Alan Fletcher Ada

16/05/1913 — 06/05/1942
A brief biography

Ancestors


Rebecca Ada — 1770±
Thomas Ada ±1734 —
William Ada 1767 — 1837
William Ada 1807 — 1883
Joseph William Ada 1853 — 1944
William Leslie Ada 1884 —
Alan Fletcher Ada 1913 — 1942
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Alan Fletcher Ada


Son of William Leslie Ada and Erica Maude Flower. .

Born in 1913, the third year of the reign of King George V, and died aged twenty-eight in the sixth year of the reign of King George VI

Training to be a Pilot


Eldest son of William Leslie and Erica Maude Ada, of Drummoyne, New South Wales, Australia, Allan Fletcher Ada worked as a Delivery Clerk in a Furniture factory when he enlisted in the RAAF on 6 January 1941.


He was posted to No.2 I.T.S. Linfield and then to No. 5 Elementary Flight Training School at Narromine learning to fly in Tiger Moths (DH82).

In May 1941 he embarked for Canada and the No. 7 Service Flying Training School at McLeod, Alberta to train under the Empire Air Training Scheme. Here he learned to fly the twin engined Avron Anson aircraft.

At the end of August 1941 he was shipped east to join a ship to England. Now a Flight Sergeant, he was transferred to No. 19 Operational Training Unit at Kinloss, Morayshire in Scotland.
Here he was taught to fly the Whitley 5 bomber and was assessed as being an 'Above the Average' pilot.

Lost in The Bay of Biscay

In January 1942 he transferred to No.51 bomber squadron at Dishforth in Yorkshire, and did his first operational bombing run over the German port of Emden on January 21, 1942. He flew two more bombing operations over Germany and France in the Whitley V bomber before being transferred to No. 58 Squadron Coastal Command at St Eval, Cornwall.

In May 1942 he completed 2 antisubmarine patrols but disappeared on his third patrol on May 6 with Flight Sergeant Stobie and crew over the Bay of Biscay.
His letters home show him to be a respectful and enthusiastic person taking in the sights and sounds of the places he was posted to - enjoying the beauty of Alberta and the life in London during his leave periods.

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