Language selection

Government of Canada / Gouvernement du Canada

Search veterans.gc.ca

Canadian Virtual War Memorial

Jean Jacques Adrien Desbiens

In memory of:

Flying Officer Jean Jacques Adrien Desbiens

March 5, 1945

Military Service

Service Number:

J/89658

Age:

20

Force:

Air Force

Unit:

Royal Canadian Air Force

Division:

425 Sqdn.

Additional Information

Born:

January 21, 1925
Chicoutimi, Quebec

Enlistment:

June 18, 1942

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.

Commemorated on Page 509 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information

Cemetery:

BERLIN 1939-1945 WAR CEMETERY
Germany

Grave Reference:

2. C. 11.

Location:

The BERLIN 1939-1945 WAR CEMETERY is in the district of Charlottenburg, 8 kilometres west of the city centre, on the south side of the Heerstrasse. From Theodor Heuss Platz in the district of Charlottenburg near the exhibition hall complex and next to the Olympic stadium, follow signs for Spandau, proceeding along the Heerstrasse. The Cemetery lies on the Heerstrasse on the left hand side of the road and 3 kilometres from Theodor Heuss Platz. Visitors should drive beyond the BERLIN 1939-1945 WAR CEMETERY to the traffic lights, then turn left directly onto a small one way street running parallel to the Heerstrasse. The Cemetery entrance is on this small one way road.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

Digital Collection

Send us your images

  • Memorial– Flying Officer Jean Jacques Adrien Desbiens is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens

    Details

    Memorial
    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

    Details

    Memorial
    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

    Details

    Memorial
    Memorial – Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
  • 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".

    Details

    Photo of Jean Jacques Desbiens
    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".

    Details

    Group Photo
    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.

    Details

    Group Photo (2)
    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.

    Details

    Aircraft
    Aircraft – Image of an aircraft flew by Jean Jacques.

Learn more about the Canadian Virtual War Memorial

To learn more please visit our help page. If you have questions or comments regarding the information contained in this registry, email or call us. For inquiries regarding the names and information found in the RCMP Honour Roll, please email the RCMP.

Date modified: