Albert Joseph Melanson Rank: Second-Lieutenant Status: Killed in Action 1918-05-09

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Melanson, Albert Joseph (Second-Lieutenant)

Killed in Action 1918-May-09

Birth Date: unkown date (age 27)

Born: Bathurst, N.B.

Henry Joseph Melanson & Susanah Walton.

unmarried

Home: South Bathurst, New Brunswick

Service
RAF

Unit
2 (BR) Sqn- Squadron (RFC)

Base
France

Rank

Second-Lieutenant

Marshal
Air Chief Marshal	A/C/M
Air Marshal	A/M
Air Vice Marshal	A/V/M
Air Commodore	A/C
Group Captain	G/C
Wing Commander	W/C
Squadron Leader	S/L
Flight Lieutenant	F/L
Flying Officer	F/O
Pilot Officer	P/O
Warrant Officer 1st Class	WO1
Warrant Officer 2nd Class	WO2
Flight Sergeant	FS
Sergeant	SGT
Corporal	CPL
Senior Aircraftman	SAC
Leading Aircraftman	LAC
Aircraftman 1st Class	AC1
Aircraftman 2nd Class	AC2

Position
observer-gunner

Service Numbers

Shot down by German aircraft. Lt R.L. Johnston (Canadian pilot) was also killed. *L.S.* 1918-05-09: Melanson was killed as was his Canadian pilot Lt. Robin Louis Johnston. Their Armstrong-Whitworth was shot down in flames by four enemy scouts north of Illies, near Rue de Marais, while on an artillery observation mission.

Canada Source Canadian Virtual War Memorial

Second-Lieutenant Albert Joseph Melanson has no known grave.

Home

South Bathurst, New Brunswick

Arras Flying Services Memorial

F.K.8 B5792

Lieutenant Johnston, Robin Louis (RAF)
Pilot
Killed in Action
1918-May-09
Guards Cemetery, Cuinchy, Pas-De-Calais, France

Second-Lieutenant Melanson, Albert Joseph (RAF)
observer-gunner
Killed in Action
1918-May-09
Arras Flying Services Memorial, Boulevard du General de Gaulle, Arras, France

Armstrong Whitworth F.K.8

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN 3387943)
Armstrong-Whitworth F.K.8.
(Source Harold A Skaarup web page)

The Armstrong Whitworth F.K.8 was a British two-seat general-purpose biplane built by Armstrong Whitworth during the First World War. The type served alongside the better known R.E.8 until the end of the war, at which point 694 F.K.8s remained on RAF charge. Harold Skaarup web page

Wkikpedia Wikipedia F.K.8

General Harold A Skaarup Web Page

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Canadian Crewed (4)

last update: 2021-10-16 20:34:53

Griffin Library, 17 Wing Winnipeg

Lancaster FM213

Andrew Mynarski, VC

Melanson, Albert Joseph (Second-Lieutenant)

Killed in Action 1918-May-09

F.K.8 B5792

Armstrong Whitworth F.K.8

CASPIR Aircraft Groups:

F.K.8 B5792

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