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Son of E. C. Des Baillets and Helene Des Baillets, of Montreal, Province of Quebec, Canada.
Digital gallery of Sergeant Charles André Desbaillets
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Charles André Desbaillets
Killed on an operational flight November 2nd, 1941
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Charles André Desbaillets
Commonwealth graves at St. Luke's Churchyard, Haverigg, Cumbria.
(Photo Matthew Emmott)
Sgt. (P) Des Baillets was killed Nov. 4, 1941, when Oxford aircraft AT48 crashed. It was flying out of #2 Air Observers School, Millom, near Haverigg.
The Oxford was used to prepare complete aircrews for RAF's Bomber Command and as such could simultaneously train pilots, navigators, bomb aimers, gunners, or radio operators on the same flight.
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Charles André Desbaillets
Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Charles André Desbaillets
Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Charles André Desbaillets
From the Montreal Star. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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Killed on an operational flight November 2nd, 1941
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Commonwealth graves at St. Luke's Churchyard, Haverigg, Cumbria. (Photo Matthew Emmott) Sgt. (P) Des Baillets was killed Nov. 4, 1941, when Oxford aircraft AT48 crashed. It was flying out of #2 Air Observers School, Millom, near Haverigg. The Oxford was used to prepare complete aircrews for RAF's Bomber Command and as such could simultaneously train pilots, navigators, bomb aimers, gunners, or radio operators on the same flight.
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Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me
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Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me
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From the Montreal Star. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 28 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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HAVERIGG (ST. LUKE) CHURCHYARD Westmoreland, United Kingdom
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