Caron, Joseph Aurele Roland
Killed in Action 1944-01-30
Birth Date: 1923-August-28
Born:
Home: Ottawa, Ontario
Enlistment:
Enlistment Date: Unknown
Service
RCAF
Unit
608 (GR) Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
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Base
RAF Montecorvino, Italy
Rank
Pilot Officer
Position
Pilot Officer
Service Numbers
J/87707
Prev: R/125681
Home
Ottawa, Ontario
First Burial
Malta War Memorial, Malta
Took off from Montecorvino, Italy in Hudson Mk IIIa FK-788 on an air-sea rescue operation for missing 608 Sqn Hudson Mk IIIa FK-733 when it went down in the sea off Agnone, Italy.
Killed includes Caron:Flight Sergeant Harold Taylor Croft RAF KIA Malta Memorial Panel 14, Column 1.Pilot Officer Joseph Geoffrey Doucet RCAF J/87708 KIA Malta Memorial Panel 16. Column 1.Pilot Officer Leon Louis Henrion RAF KIA Runnymede Memorial Panel 211.Sergeant Joshua Smollan RAF KIA Malta Memorial Panel 15, Column 2.
Canadian Virtual War Memorial
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
www.findagrave.comHudson FK788
Lockheed Hudson A-28 A-29 AT-18
Source National Air Force Museum of Canada.
The Lockheed Hudson was an American-built light bomber and coastal reconnaissance aircraft built initially for the Royal Air Force (RAF) shortly before the outbreak of the Second World War and primarily operated by the RAF thereafter. The Hudson served throughout the war, mainly with Coastal Command, but also in transport and training roles, as well as delivering agents into occupied France. They were also used extensively with the Royal Canadian Air Force's (RCAF) anti-submarine squadrons.National Air Force Museum of Canada.
Hudson
Wikipedia Hudson 
Harold A Skaarup Web Page 
Hudon - Kestrel Publications