Aubrey Roy McLERNON [Roy], DFC

1919 - 1994  (74 years)

• Name	Aubrey Roy McLERNON
  Suffix	DFC
  Known As	Roy
  Birth	19 Nov 1919	Montreal, Quebec, Canada   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Military Service	29 Jan 1940  [1]
  	Pilot, Royal Canadian Air Force, DFC
  Death	23 Mar 1994	Montreal, Quebec, Canada   [1]
  Burial	Montreal, Quebec, Canada   [1]
  Person ID	I19408	NZ Genealogy Project | McLERNON Descendant
  Last Modified	11 Jul 2020

  
  

  Father	Samuel Aubrey McLERNON,   b. 07 Feb 1886, Hamilton, Waikato, New Zealand d. 23 Jun 1955, Montreal, Quebec, Canada (Age 69 years)
  Mother	Annie McPherson RAPHAEL   d. 08 Apr 1985, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
  Family ID	F6630	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Phyllis Anne MORRISEY   d. 15 Jun 1982, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
  Marriage	25 Apr 1942	Montreal, Quebec, Canada   [1, 2]
  Children	+ 1. Living   2. Living   3. Living + 4. Richard S McLERNON,   b. 1950, Canada d. 17 Aug 2017, Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada (Age 67 years)
  Family ID	F6632	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	31 Dec 2024

  
  

  Family 2	Mary Barbara FRASER,   b. 1918, Toronto, Ontario, Canada d. 02 Aug 2007, Canada (Age 89 years)
  Marriage	1990	Canada   [1]
  Family ID	F6641	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	31 Dec 2024

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 19 Nov 1919 - Montreal, Quebec, Canada Marriage - 25 Apr 1942 - Montreal, Quebec, Canada Marriage - 1990 - Canada Death - 23 Mar 1994 - Montreal, Quebec, Canada Burial - - Montreal, Quebec, Canada  = Link to Google Earth
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  BIOGRAPHY Aubrey Roy McLernon was born in Montreal, Canada in 1919. He was educated at Lower Canada College, Trinity College and McGill University (Engineering student). He volunteered for the Canadian Air Force on 29 January 1940 and was trained at No. 1 SFTS until 19 August 1940 when he was passed on to No. 22 OUT for further training. He was then posted to a squadron. On 15 June 1943 he was promoted to Flight Commander at No. 434 Squadron. On 24 August 1943 Pilot Squadron Leader Roy Aubrey McLernon, RCAF, was flying over Denmark with an aircrew of seven after having successfully bombed Berlin when the aircraft was attacked by a German night fighter. Fire spread through the aircraft and McLernon ordered the crew to bail out. Three of the crew were captured by the Germans and were prisoners for the remainder of the war, three died, one in the fighter attack and two after landing in the sea, and Roy McLernon was assisted by the resistance to escape from Mandø to neutral Sweden. He was flown to England where he arrived on 21 September 1943. After returning to England he continued flying and ended with 31 sorties over Germany. On 13 June 1944 it could be read in The London Gazette that he had been awarded "The Distinguished Flying Cross" because "This Officer has taken part in many successful sorties and has displayed skill, gallantry and resolution of a high order. His example has been most inspiring and has contributed in a large measure to the operational efficiency of the squadron." The medal was presented to him on 8 November 1944. When he had flown 31 sorties McLernon was promoted to Wing Commander, to become the Commander of an air base in which capacity he served until the end of the war. Roy married Phyllis Morrisey while in the Air Force, in 1942. The couple had four children. Phyllis died in 1982 and Roy remarried in 1990. Roy died in 1994 at Montreal.

  
  

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