Wing Commander Alan Francis Moir Sisley- Flying Training Cmd HQ- RAF Of the 250+ Australians I am researching who were killed in the RAF, this is the first one I have come across who is on the Australian Roll of Honour and listed as RAAF while also listed on the CWGC website as RAF United Kingdom. I would welcome any further details or photos. Royal Air Force pilot 550 Sqd. from Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.) (d.31st Aug 1944) Quote: I am researching the Sisley family. It would appear that Alan Francis Moir Sisley was born in 1917 from the records I have managed to find. However I cannot trace a birth in the United Kingdom. Have you any record of where he was born? The CWGC records state he was of UK nationality. His wife was Josephine Mary Sisley, of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. I understand he is buried in Abbeville Communal Cemetery. John Sisley Quote: CWGC SISLEY , ALAN FRANCIS MOIR Wing Commander 39008 31/08/1944 27 Royal Air Force United Kingdom Plot 8. Row B. Coll. grave 1-8. ABBEVILLE COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION Quote: Australian Roll of Honour Alan Francis Moir Sisley Service number: 39008 Rank: Wing Commander Unit: 550 Squadron Service: RAAF Conflict: 1939-1945 Date of death: 31 August 1944 Place of death: France Source: AWM148 Roll of Honour cards, 1939-1945 War, Air Force Quote: Loss details for the above........ 31 August 1944 550 Squadron Lancaster I MF962 BQ-V Op. Agenville W/C. A F M. Sisley + P/O. P C. Siddall RNZAF + Sgt. R. MacLeod + Sgt. H H M. Connolly + F/S. H G. Thomas + F/S. A S. Parsons RAAF + Sgt. D P. Gates + Sgt. T. Hamilton + Took off 1307 hrs North Killingholm to bomb a V-2 rocket store. Crashed at I'Etoile (Pas-de-Calais) on the north side of the Somme, 12km NW of Picquigny. All were buried at I'Etoile, since when their bodies have been taken to Abbeville and laid to rest in the communal cemetery extension. Their skipper, W/C. Sisley, was an Australian from Sydney who had joined the air force in the mid-1930s. BCL Vol.5 - W R. Chorley. NAA of Australia SISLEY, Alan Francis Moir - (Wing Commander); Service Number - 39008; File type - Casualty - Repatriation; Aircraft - Lancaster NF962 'V'; Place - France; Date - 31 August 1944 W/C A.F.M. Sisley +; P/O P./C. Siddall, RNZAF +; Sgt. R. MacLeod +; Sgt. H.H.M. Connolly +; F/Sgt. H.G. Thomas +; F/sgt. A.S. Parsons, RAAF +; Sgt. D.P. Gates +; Sgt. T. Hamilton +
I have a little information about Alan Sisley, whose wife was my godmother. They shared a house in London with my parents in 1944. I think some relatives of his were looking for information, but have been unable to contact them. Judy Russell
