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La Ronde, Gerald Grenville Joseph (Flight Sergeant)

Killed in Flying Accident 1942-April-19

Male Head

Birth Date: 1921 (age 21)

Home: North Bay, Ontario

Service
RCAF
Unit
420 (MB) Sqn- Squadron
Pugnamus Finitum We fight to the finish
Base
RAF Waddington
Rank
Flight Sergeant
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
Wireless Air Gunner
Service Numbers
R/69114
420 Snowy Owl Squadron (Pugnamus Finitum). Hampden AD-869 (PT-L) crashed and burned at Lincolnshire. FS.s H.H. Davis, J.C. Pritchard, and one RAF member of the crew were also killed.

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

Home
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Burial
Google MapSt Michael Cemetery

Hampden AD869

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