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Military service
Service number:
J/16502
Age:
20
Rank:
Pilot Officer
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
425 Sqdn.
Birth:
March 8, 1922
Montréal, Québec
Enlistment:
July 21, 1940
St-Jean
Death:
December 20, 1942
Boekel, Brabant-Septentrional, Netherlands
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
XVI. F. 3.
Additional information
Son of Jean Paul Cholette and Marguerite Dorée, from Montreal, Quebec.
He served in Canada and Britain. He had 883 days of service, 440 of which were overseas.
He died when his Wellington Bomber crashed in Boekel, Netherlands, as the result of an air raid on Duisburg, Germany.
Digital gallery of Pilot Officer Joseph Henri Jacques Cholette
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Memorial
Pilot Officer Joseph Henri Jacques Cholette is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Pilot Officer Joseph Henri Jacques Cholette is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Letter
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Document
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Letter
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Letter
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Document
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Letter of recommendation
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Grave marker
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Temporary grave marker
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Newspaper clipping
From the Montreal Star. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Montreal Star. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Memorial
Herdenking 75 jaar na 20-12-1942 -
Newspaper clipping
From the Montreal Gazette. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Joseph Henri Jacques Cholette
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Joseph Henri Jacques Cholette
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Joseph Henri Jacques Cholette
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Joseph Henri Jacques Cholette
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Joseph Henri Jacques Cholette
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Joseph Henri Jacques Cholette
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Joseph Henri Jacques Cholette
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Joseph Henri Jacques Cholette
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Joseph Henri Jacques Cholette
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