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Flying Officer Joseph Omer Leopold Desroches

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Distinguished Flying Cross (DFC)

Military service

Service number: J/15820
Age: 24
Rank: Flying Officer
Force: Air Force
Unit/Regiment: Royal Canadian Air Force
Division: 425 Sqdn.
Death: April 15, 1943 Froidlieu, Belgium

Burial/memorial information

MUSSEY-SUR-MARNE COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Grave reference: Coll. grave 151-154.
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Son of Avila and Emilia Desroches. A commemorative ceremony was held at Mussey-Sur-Marne, France on 8 and 9 May 1993, honouring the 50th anniversary of the crash of Wellington X-3763.

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Second World War (1939 – 1945)

In the Books of Remembrance

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Page 153 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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MUSSEY-SUR-MARNE COMMUNAL CEMETERY Haulte-Marne, France

Mussey-sur-Marne is a village and commune 19 miles (30 kilometres) north of Chaumont, and 19 miles (32 kilometres) south-west of St. Dizier. The village is on the main road from Chaumont to St. Dizier. The nearest railway station (Paris-Chaumont line) is at Joinville 4 miles (7 kilometres) to the north, where public transport is available. The cemetery lies behind the church, on the north of the village; east of the entrance are the graves of two British and four Canadian airmen.

For more information, visit Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

 

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