{"id":704,"date":"2019-10-25T07:52:30","date_gmt":"2019-10-25T07:52:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/?page_id=704"},"modified":"2020-11-27T08:17:15","modified_gmt":"2020-11-27T08:17:15","slug":"silverman-alexis-louis","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/raf\/silverman-alexis-louis\/","title":{"rendered":"Silverman, Alexis Louis"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-heading\">Alexis Louis Silverman<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Pilot, 102 (Ceylon) Squadron<br>Service number 128929<br>Died 28 April 1944<br>Buried Maubeuge Centre Cemetery, France<br>Age 21<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Headstone Inscription<br>&#8216;HE WHO WOULD VALIANT BE&#8217;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns has-2-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-layout-1 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>Alexis was born in 1923 in Sri Lanka to Philip and Florence n\u00e9e Elliot. He had two sisters Beryl and Helen. Their father Philip worked as a music department manager in Sri Lanka. The family returned to England in 1931 and Alexis then attended Harrow County school where he was known for his music ability. He then attended the University of St Andrews where he was listed as an Air Ministry student from Apr-Sep 1941. In 1939 the family were living at 7 Roxborough Court, Lowlands Road, Harrow and Philip is listed as working as a piano tuner.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Alexis was the pilot of Halifax JN948 which departed RAF Pocklington on a night raid to Aulnoye to bomb railway installations. The aircraft crashed close to Dourlers, France killing all the crew. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nav, Robert Johnstone Blake,151084<br>F\/E, Ronald Frank Collier, 1384914<br>A\/B, James Robert McClelland, RCAF, J\/88610<br>A\/G, Robert Baillie Russell, 1822851<br>W\/Op, Leonard Francis Webb, 1601171<br>A\/G, David Band Robertson, 1567775<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"602\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Silverman_A-close-002-700x602.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Silverman_A-close-002-700x602.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Silverman_A-close-002-250x215.jpg 250w, https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Silverman_A-close-002-768x660.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Silverman_A-close-002-1536x1320.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Silverman_A-close-002-2048x1760.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Silverman_A-close-002-120x103.jpg 120w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><figcaption>Courtesy Steve Rogers. The War Graves Photographic Project.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"1340\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Silverman_A-700x1340.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9449\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Silverman_A-700x1340.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Silverman_A-250x479.jpg 250w, https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Silverman_A-768x1470.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Silverman_A-802x1536.jpg 802w, https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Silverman_A-1070x2048.jpg 1070w, https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Silverman_A-120x230.jpg 120w, https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Silverman_A-scaled.jpg 1337w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><figcaption>Courtesy Steve Rogers. The War Graves Photographic Project.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Alexis Louis Silverman Pilot, 102 (Ceylon) SquadronService number 128929Died 28 April 1944Buried Maubeuge Centre Cemetery, FranceAge 21 Headstone Inscription&#8216;HE WHO WOULD VALIANT BE&#8217; Alexis was born in 1923 in Sri Lanka to Philip and Florence n\u00e9e Elliot. He had two sisters Beryl and Helen. 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