In memory of

Flight Lieutenant

Bernard Moses Adilman

who died on 6 Jan 1945

Service details
  Conflict WWII
  Service RCAF
  Unit No. 431 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force
  Rank Flight Lieutenant
  Service number J6390
  Date of death 19450106
  Cause of death killed in action
Narrative history
  J6390 Flight Lieutenant (No. 431 Iroquois Squadron RCAF pilot) Bernard Mortimer Adilman (b.1917) of Saskatoon was KIA 19450106 and is buried at Durnbach war cemetery east of Bad Tolz, southern Germany. Adilman completed his first tour flying Hampdens and Wellingtons (he survived four crash landings) and spent several months as an instructor at an operational training unit before returning to active service as a Lancaster pilot. He perished during a raid on Hanover. Bernard was born to Nathan and Beatrice Adilman at Columbus, Franklin Co., Ohio, and was working at the family department store when he enlisted at Saskatoon late in 1940. He was a graduate of Princess Alexandra school, Nutana collegiate and spent two years at the University of Saskatchewan. Interestingly, he appears in Canadian Jews in World War II as Birney M. Adilman.
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Memorial information
  Saskatchewan rural municipality for commemoration 344 - Corman Park
  Cemetery or memorial location Durnbach war cemetery, Bad Tolz, Bayern, Germany    

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  Honour roll location(s) ------
  Geo-memorial Adilman Lake, Saskatchewan     
  Geo-memorial location 55.3167°N / 104.3833°W
  Geo-memorial NTS map reference 73P8
  Geo-memorial details South of Iskwatikan Lake.
Personal information
  Date of birth 19171001
  Place of birth Columbus, Franklin Co, Ohio    
  Date of enlistment 19401017
  Place of enlistment Saskatoon    
  Residence on enlistment Saskatoon    
  Occupation store clerk
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