Jolicoeur, Fernand Daniel

Killed in Action 1944-09-12

Birth Date: 1918-October-13

Born:

Home: Windsor, Ontario

Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: Unknown

Service

RCAF

Unit

1 Sqn- Squadron (USAAF)

Base

Rank

Flying Officer

Position

Flying Officer

Service Numbers

J/18987

Home
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First Burial
Google MapNational Cemetery At Fort Scott, Kansas, Usa
Strategical Air Force Detachment, India. The crew of a Catalina aircraft were engaged in evasive-action practise with fighter affiliation and crashed fifteen miles north-east of the Gawaa Road, Nepal, India. The Catalina was flying at 4,000 feet and, after carrying out evasive action with two fighter aircraft, turned sharply to meet another attack. The aircraft dived steeply, turned over on its back then crashed and exploded, nine airmen, not Canadians, were also killed. Flying Officer Pilot Jolicouer is buried in the National Cemetery at Fort Scott, Kansas, U.S.A.

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Canso 4343859

Flying Officer Jolicoeur, Fernand Daniel (RCAF)
Pilot
Killed in Action
1944-September-12
National Cemetery, Fort Scott, Kansas, USA

Consolidated Canso Catalina PBY PB2B A-10 OA-10 Black Cat

RCAF Canso A (Serial No. 9754), No. 162 Squadron, F/L David Ernest Hornell aircraft.
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The Consolidated Catalina and Canso were close cousins. The Canso was the true amphibious version of the design and therefore included a conventional undercarriage to allow for either water or land use. The Canso provided more than two decades of valuable service to the RCAF. The Catalina variant came first and was produced beginning in 1935 for the United States Navy. The amphibious version, designated PBY-5A, came in service early in 1941 and the RCAF began using the aircraft on anti-submarine patrols that same year. After the Second World War, the RCAF used Cansos for search and rescue, Arctic survey missions and various transport operations.RCAF

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