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Jean Guy Andre Cloutier

In memory of:

Flying Officer Jean Guy Andre Cloutier

June 9, 1953
Grostenquin, France

Military Service


Service Number:

35151

Age:

21

Force:

Air Force

Unit:

Royal Canadian Air Force

Division:

421 (Fighter) Squadron

Additional Information


Born:

July 19, 1931
Ottawa, Ontario

Enlistment:

January 28, 1951
Ottawa, Ontario

Son of Joseph and Clara of Montreal, Quebec. Husband of Barbara Anne Cloutier of Ottawa, Ontario. Brother of Anne and Beatrice Cloutier.

Commemorated on Page 35 of the In the Service of Canada (1947 - 2014) Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information


Cemetery:

CHOLOY WAR CEMETERY
Meurthe-et-Moselle, France

Grave Reference:

Section 5 Row A Grave 3

Location:

Choloy is a village and commune in the Department of the Meurthe-et-Moselle, 28 kilometres west of Nancy and some 5 kilometres west of Toul, a town on the N4 road from Paris to Nancy. The village is south of the River Moselle on the minor road (D11B) from Toul to the neighbouring village of Foug. The CHOLOY WAR CEMETERY is 3 kilometres west of Toul on the north side of the D11B road. The Choloy War Cemetery is the last resting place of casualties from the First and Second World Wars and is managed by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission. It is also the final resting place for many Royal Canadian Air Force members and their families who died while serving in Europe as part of 1 Air Division between 1953 and 1967 and other Service Members serving with NATO in Germany following Canada's departure from France.

Digital Collection

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  • Funeral– Photo courtesy of the National Archives of Canada, C149904.
  • News Paper Clipping– Photo Courtesy of the National Archives of Canada
  • Funeral– Photo courtesy of the National Archives of Canada
  • Original grave marker– Photo courtesy of the National Archives of Canada - C149905.
  • Grave marker– Photo by Malcolm Cromarty.
  • Accident Report– Photo of Page 1 of Accident Investigation Report and file at Collections Canada
  • Newspaper Clipping– News clipping regarding the death of Uncle Guy
  • Class Photo– Course photo of Uncle Guy at #1 Operational Training Unit 1952.  He is in the top row, third from right.
  • Model– Plastic model depicting the Canadair Sabre Uncle Guy was flying with 421 Sqn when killed on 09 June 1953.  Cause of accident remains obscure (unknown).  Possible cause was disorientation when flying through haze / cloud.  Hey was too low to the ground when he ejected from the aircraft.  He struck the ground before his parachute deployed.  Model constructed by Mike Murphy.

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