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De Cruyenaere, Albert Joseph (Warrant Officer 1st Class)

Killed in Action 1943-March-15

Birth Date: 1922 (age 21)

Son of Alfred and Marie De Cruyenaere, of North Bay, Ontario, Canada.

Home: St Boniface, Manitoba

Service
RCAF
Unit
136 Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
Nihil Fortius Nothing is stronger
Rank
Warrant Officer 1st 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
Pilot
Service Numbers
R/59761
136 Squadron (Nihil Fortius). Warrant Officer De Cruyenaere was flying Hurricane aircraft BM 936 as part of a fighter escort to Blenhiem aircraft that were bombing Rathdegaung, Burma. The fighter escort was attacked by six enemy fighter aircraft and he was killed when his aircraft crashed six miles north-east of Alethangyauw, Burma.

Canada Source Canadian Virtual War Memorial

Commonwealth War Graves Commission Commonwealth War Graves Commission

Find-A-Grave.com Finadagrave.com

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

Warrant Officer 1st Class Albert Joseph De Cruyenaere was exhumed and reburied.

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First Burial
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Re-Burial
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Hurricane BM936

Hawker Hurricane

Hawker Hurricane Mk IIc.
Source BBMF

The Hawker Hurricane is a single-seat fighter aircraft of the 1930s"“1940s that was designed and predominantly built by Hawker Aircraft Ltd. for service with the Royal Air Force (RAF). The Hurricane developed through several versions, as bomber-interceptors, fighter-bombers, and ground support aircraft in addition to fighters. Versions designed for the Navy were popularly known as the Sea Hurricane, with modifications enabling their operation from ships. Some were converted to be used as catapult-launched convoy escorts. By the end of production in July 1944, 14,487 Hurricanes had been completed in Britain and Canada.

A major manufacturer of the Hurricane was Canadian Car and Foundry at their factory in Fort William (now Thunder Bay), Ontario. The facility's chief engineer, Elsie MacGill, became known as the "Queen of the Hurricanes". The initiative was commercially led rather than governmentally, but was endorsed by the British government; Hawker, having recognized that a major conflict was all but inevitable after the Munich Crisis of 1938, drew up preliminary plans to expand Hurricane production via a new factory in Canada. Under this plan, samples, pattern aircraft, and a complete set of design documents stored on microfilm, were shipped to Canada; the RCAF ordered 20 Hurricanes to equip one fighter squadron and two more were supplied to Canadian Car and Foundry as pattern aircraft but one probably did not arrive. The first Hurricane built at Canadian Car and Foundry was officially produced in February 1940. As a result, Canadian-built Hurricanes were shipped to Britain to participate in events such as the Battle of Britain. Canadian Car and Foundry (CCF) was responsible for the production of 1,451 Hurricanes. Wikipedia and Harold A Skaarup Web Page


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last update: 2021-12-21 01:11:03

Hurricane BM936

#136 Squadron (Nihil Fortius). Warrant Officer De Cruyenaere was flying Hurricane aircraft #BM 936 as part of a fighter escort to Blenheim aircraft that were bombing Rathdegaung, Burma. The fighter escort was attacked by six enemy fighter aircraft and he was killed when his aircraft crashed six miles north-east of Alethangyauw, Burma.

1943-03-15 Accident Category A 2022-02-17

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