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Alfred Charles Allwood Greenfield was born in Surrey on 30 July 1923, the only child of Beatrice (née Allwood) and Charles Greenfield, a civil servant in the Scottish Education Department. He was educated at Colet Court School and at St Paul’s School from 1937 to 1941, where he was Secretary of the Cycling Club and boxed as a heavyweight. He was promoted to pack leader in the Boy Scouts in 1940.
Alfred Greenfield entered Worcester College on 10 October 1941 as an RAF cadet, and completed a short course over two terms. He was commissioned as a Pilot Officer in the RAFVR on 12 February 1943 and was promoted to Flying Officer on 12 August the same year. On the night of 6/7 June 1944 Bomber Command despatched 1,065 aircraft to attack enemy communication lines in support of the Allied invasion. Alfred Greenfield and his crew from 44 Squadron took off from RAF Dunholme Lodge at 12.39am on 7 June 1944 bound for Caen. They were forced to attack at low level due to cloud over the area and came under heavy fire from German anti-aircraft guns. Their Lancaster failed to return from the mission and its wreckage was discovered by advancing Allied units on 27 August 1944. Flying Officer Alfred Greenfield was therefore reported killed in action on 7 June 1944, aged 20.
Alfred Greenfield is buried at La Deliverande War Cemetery in France. A stained glass window was given in his memory by his father to St Mary’s Church, Cuddington, and he is commemorated on the war memorials at St Paul’s School, and at Worcester College, Oxford.