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#Name* SORT (↓)First NamesTitleRankRAF Equivalent RankService No.BornNationalityRoleAwardsAir ForceCommandUnitDateofIncident *See Note SORT (↓)AircraftTypeSerialCodeVictories (Fighters)BaseTimeMission                        Incident                        FateCommemoratedPhoto (Click to Expand)Referring Database                        Notes                        Links/Archive Reports
1 BaillargeonJoseph LouisFlying OfficerJ/36230Age 25CanadianAir BomberRCAFBomber Command433Sqn RCAF
1944-08-16HalifaxIIIMZ899BM-DRAF Skipton-on-Swale21:34GardeningSee archive report for full detailsMissing presumed killedRunnymede Memorial. Panel 244

Paradie Archive DatabaseBorn on the 31st October 1917. Enlisted on the 25th July 1941. Son of Edmund Emile (died 24th June 1962, age 74) and Elisabeth J. Baillargeon (née Yuill - died 05th August 1937, age 56, married Lucienne Baillargeon née Bourret - died 10th September 1983, age 76), of 425 Pitt Street West, Windsor, Ontario, Canada. 12 operational sorties.
2 BercusonBernardPilot OfficerJ/88065Age 28CanadianW/Op/Air GunnerRCAFBomber Command433Sqn RCAF
1944-08-16HalifaxIIIMZ899BM-DRAF Skipton-on-Swale21:34GardeningSee archive report for full detailsKilledMagleby Churchyard, Langeland. Grave A.11.35
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Born on the 02nd July 1916. Enlisted on the 12th August 1941, The son of the late Jacob (died 06th August 1942, aged 58) and Sarah Bercuson (née Hart - died 30th March 1958, age 73) of 107 Devilish Apartments, Calgary (Parents born in Romania), husband of Adele Bercuson, of 2133 Rose Street, Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada. Enlisted in 1941. 12 operational sorties. Epitaph: 'In Loving Memory Of My Beloved Husband Bernard. Loving Wife, Adele'.

3 DrennanAlfred Wallace JackPilot OfficerJ/95179Age 23CanadianAir GunnerRCAFBomber Command433Sqn RCAF
1944-08-16HalifaxIIIMZ899BM-DRAF Skipton-on-Swale21:34GardeningSee archive report for full detailsMissing presumed killedRunnymede Memorial. Panel 250
Paradie Archive DatabaseBorn on the 06th September 1921 in London, Ontario. Enlisted on the 22nd December 1942. Son of Alfred Robert Watson and Edith Drennan (née McLaren - died 22nd August 1936, age 46) of 1715 Pilette Road, Windsor, Ontario, Canada, brother to Carson, Robert and his 2 sisters, Bertha and Dorothy, half sister Mary. Stepmother Reta Drennan. 12 operational sorties. m 163396390
4 FairallMaurice ElmerPilot OfficerJ/94227Age 23CanadianAir GunnerRCAFBomber Command433Sqn RCAF
1944-08-16HalifaxIIIMZ899BM-DRAF Skipton-on-Swale21:34GardeningSee archive report for full detailsKilledBogo Churchyard. Joint Grave 2-60
Paradie Archive DatabaseBorn on the 08th October 1929. Enlisted on the 10th October 1941. Son of Clarence Horace and Lillian Fairall (née Hasnett - deceased at date of enlistment), of 46 Rhyle Avenue, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. 12 operational sorties. Epitaph: ' To Caesar The Things That Are Caesar's; To God The Things That Are God's'.
5 GrimbleHenryFlying OfficerJ/36370Age 20CanadianNavigatorRCAFBomber Command433Sqn RCAF
1944-08-16HalifaxIIIMZ899BM-DRAF Skipton-on-Swale21:34GardeningSee archive report for full detailsKilledKiel War Cemetery Germany. Grave 4.G.2

Paradie Archive DatabaseBorn on the 03rd July 1924. Enlisted on the 01st October 1943. The son of Sidney (died 21st October 1977, age 87) and Florence Grimble (née Peake - died 22nd December 1978, age 91) from 167 Oakdean Boulevard, Sturgeon Creek, St. James, Manitoba, Canada (but father born in Norwich, England, mother in London). His father won the Military Cross during the first world war. 12 operational sorties.
6 LilleyGeorge HenrySergeant1571830Age 20BritishFlight EngineerRAFVRBomber Command433Sqn RCAF
1944-08-16HalifaxIIIMZ899BM-DRAF Skipton-on-Swale21:34GardeningSee archive report for full detailsKilledAabenraa Cemetery. Grave Allied Mil. Plot. Row 5.3
Son of Albert Edward and Maude Mary Lilley, of Whitley Bay, Northumberland, England. 12 operational sorties. Epitaph: 'Like His Namesake The Lily, Tall And Fair, A Gallant Lad, He Died In The Air'.
7 SavardJoseph George MarcelPilot OfficerJ/88165Age 19CanadianPilotRCAFBomber Command433Sqn RCAF
1944-08-16HalifaxIIIMZ899BM-DRAF Skipton-on-Swale21:34GardeningSee archive report for full detailsKilledMagleby Churchyard, Langeland. Grave A.11.36
Paradie Archive DatabaseBorn on the 22nd August 1924. Enlisted on the 29th July 1942. Son of Joseph Odilon Savard and Antoinette Savard (née Hebert), of 553 Nicolet, Montreal, Province of Quebec, Canada. 14 operational sorties. Epitaph: 'Died For His Beliefs'.

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