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De Cordoue, Jacques Fernand Gabriel (Pilot Officer)

Killed in Action 1944-September-21

Birth Date: 1915-June-13 (age 29)

Marquis Hugues de Cordoue & Marquise Marie Rose de Cordoue

Home: Montreal, Quebec (parents)

Service
RCAF
Unit
190 (SD) Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
Ex Tenebris Through darkness
Base
RAF Fairford, England
Rank
Pilot Officer
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
Service Numbers
J/92200
Prev: R/144767
190 Squadron. Stirling Mk IV LJ-982 lost whilst dropping supplies at Arnhem. Six other aircrew and two airborne troops, all not Canadians, were also killed. Detail from Aviation Safety Network database. addendum 2: See page 172. W/C. G.E. Harrison D.F.C., S.S. (RAF), WO.s J.B. Brierley (R.N.Z.A.F.), D.M. Mathewson (R.N.Z.A.F.), F/0. N. McKay (R.A.F.), F/L. N.E. Skinner D.F.C. (R.A.F.), FS. R. Percy (R.A.F.), L/Cpl. L.H. Caldecott and Driver H. Gregory were also killed. DEAN, C.A. R108725. See page 174. Correct spelling is Market Rasen, not Mark Rase& Detail provided by A.E. Barnard, Burlington, On.

Canada Source Canadian Virtual War Memorial

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

Pilot Officer Jacques Fernand Gabriel De Cordoue was exhumed and reburied.

Home
Google MapMontreal, Quebec (parents)
First Burial
Google MapCemetery At The Refuge-Hill Church, Zetten, Netherlands
Re-Burial
Google MapAirborne Cemetery
Plot 4 Row D Grave 16

Stirling LJ982

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