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Joseph Jean Duclos

In memory of:

Warrant Officer Class II Joseph Jean Duclos

July 24, 1943

Military Service


Service Number:

R/8009A

Age:

21

Force:

Air Force

Unit:

Royal Canadian Air Force

Division:

#1652 Conversion Unit

Additional Information


Son of Rene and Juliette Duclos, of Montreal, Province of Quebec. Halifax aircraft # BB 285 crashed and burned at the Spotforth Sewage disposal works near Wetherby, Yorkshire, England. Five of the crew, not Canadians were also killed.

Commemorated on Page 155 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information


Cemetery:

LINCOLN (NEWPORT) CEMETERY
Lincolnshire, United Kingdom

Grave Reference:

Sec. G. Grave 315 North.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

Digital Collection

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  • Memorial– Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
  • Memorial– Warrant Officer Class II Joseph Jean Duclos is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
  • Memorial– Warrant Officer Class II Joseph Jean Duclos is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
  • Photo of Joseph Jean Duclos– From the Montreal Star. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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