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Military service
Service number:
J/89658
Age:
20
Rank:
Flying Officer
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
425 Sqdn.
Birth:
January 21, 1925
Chicoutimi, Québec
Enlistment:
June 18, 1942
Death:
March 5, 1945
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
2. C. 11.
Additional information
Son of Almas and Albertine Desbiens. He attended school at the acadèmie commerciale of Chicoutimi. Prior to enlistment, Jean Jacques worked as a Courier with Canada Post. Jean Jacques attended his basic training excercises in Lachine, Victoriaville, St-Hubert and Summerside.
Digital gallery of Flying Officer Jean Jacques Adrien Desbiens
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Photo of Jean Jacques Desbiens
Pilot Jean Jacques Desbiens from a crew photograph. Peter Hessel Collection. From book "The Mystery of Frankenberg's Canadian Airman". -
Group Photo
Crew photograph from Halifax 'Q - Queen'. Peter Hessel Collection. From book "The Mystery of Frankenberg's Canadian Airman". -
Group Photo (2)
Back row first on the left. Pilot of Halifax KW-Q, killed in action during a raid over Germany (Chemnitz)5 march 1945. He was borned and raised in Chicoutimi,Québec. -
Aircraft
Image of an aircraft flew by Jean Jacques. -
Memorial
Flying Officer Jean Jacques Adrien Desbiens is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Flying Officer Jean Jacques Adrien Desbiens 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
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Jean Jacques Adrien Desbiens
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Jean Jacques Adrien Desbiens
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Jean Jacques Adrien Desbiens
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Jean Jacques Adrien Desbiens
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Jean Jacques Adrien Desbiens
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Jean Jacques Adrien Desbiens
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Jean Jacques Adrien Desbiens
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 509 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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