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Casaubon, Joseph Noe Gustave Robert (Warrant Officer 2nd Class)

Killed in Action 1944-April-25

Birth Date: 1920-December-17 (age 23)

Born: Sorel, Monteregie Region, Quebec, Canada

Son of Amedee Casaubon and of M Bernadette (nee Cardin) Casaubon of Cardinal, Ontario. Brother of Joseph Jean Jacques Fernand Casaubon who went missing in action on January 31, 1943 while serving with the RCAF

Home: Cardinal, Ontario

Enlistment: Ottawa Ontario

Enlistment Date: 1942-09-17

Service
RCAF
Unit
50 (B) Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
Sic Fidem Servamus Thus we keep faith
Base
RAF Skellingthorpe
Rank
Warrant Officer 2nd Class
Marshal
Air Chief MarshalA/C/M
Air MarshalA/M
Air Vice MarshalA/V/M
Air CommodoreA/C
Group CaptainG/C
Wing CommanderW/C
Squadron LeaderS/L
Flight LieutenantF/L
Flying OfficerF/O
Pilot OfficerP/O
Warrant Officer 1st ClassWO1
Warrant Officer 2nd ClassWO2
Flight SergeantFS
SergeantSGT
CorporalCPL
Senior AircraftmanSAC
Leading AircraftmanLAC
Aircraftman 1st ClassAC1
Aircraftman 2nd ClassAC2
Position
Air Gunner (Rear)
Service Numbers
R/180956

Lancaster Mk.III ND876

Bombing Munich Germany 1944-April-24 to 1944-April-25

50 (B) Sqn (RAF) RAF Skellingthorpe

50 Squadron (From Defense To Attack) RAF Skellingthorpe. Lancaster III aircraft ND 876 VN-Z was hit by flak and broke up in mid-air during a night operation against targets in Munich, Germany

Warrant Officer Class II J N Casaubon (RCAF), Pilot Officer R G Brock DFC (RCAF), Sergeant F P Brown (RAFVR), Flying Officer L Durham (RAFVR), Flight Sergeant N Jackson (RAFVR), Flight Sergeant E S Jones (RAFVR) and Flight Sergeant were all killed in action

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Warrant Officer Class II Casaubon was BROTHER of Warrant Officer Class II Joseph Jean Jacques Fernand Casaubon (RCAF), who was missing, presumed killed in action 1943-01-31 on 31 Squadron RAF Dakota aircraft MA 929 in Burma

50 Squadron (From Defense To Attack) RAF Skellingthorpe. Lancaster III aircraft ND 876 VN-Z was hit by flak and broke up in mid-air during a night operation against targets in Munich, Germany

Warrant Officer Class II J N Casaubon (RCAF), Pilot Officer R G Brock DFC (RCAF), Sergeant F P Brown (RAFVR), Flying Officer L Durham (RAFVR), Flight Sergeant N Jackson (RAFVR), Flight Sergeant E S Jones (RAFVR) and Flight Sergeant were all killed in action

General Royal air Force Serial and Image Database

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Canada Primary Source Library and Archives Canada Service Files (may not exist)

Warrant Officer 2nd Class Joseph Noe Gustave Robert Casaubon was exhumed and reburied.

Home
Google MapCardinal, Ontario
Target
Google MapMunich Germany
First Burial
Google MapCemetery at Hochmutting Schleissheim, Germany
Re-Burial
Google MapDurnbach War Cemetery
Plot 9 Row K Grave 11

Lancaster ND876

Avro Lancaster

Avro Lancaster Mk. X RCAF Serial FM 213
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The Avro Lancaster is a British Second World War heavy bomber. It was designed and manufactured by Avro as a contemporary of the Handley Page Halifax, both bombers having been developed to the same specification, as well as the Short Stirling, all three aircraft being four-engined heavy bombers adopted by the Royal Air Force (RAF) during the same wartime era.

The Lancaster has its origins in the twin-engine Avro Manchester which had been developed during the late 1930s in response to the Air Ministry Specification P.13/36 for a capable medium bomber for "world-wide use". Originally developed as an evolution of the Manchester (which had proved troublesome in service and was retired in 1942), the Lancaster was designed by Roy Chadwick and powered by four Rolls-Royce Merlins and in one version, Bristol Hercules engines. It first saw service with RAF Bomber Command in 1942 and as the strategic bombing offensive over Europe gathered momentum, it was the main aircraft for the night-time bombing campaigns that followed. As increasing numbers of the type were produced, it became the principal heavy bomber used by the RAF, the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) and squadrons from other Commonwealth and European countries serving within the RAF, overshadowing the Halifax and Stirling. Wikipedia

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Lancaster Mk.III ND876

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