Belanger, Joseph Leo Gerard (Warrant Officer 2)

Killed in Flying Accident 1943-January-13

Warrant Officer 2 Joseph Leo Gerard Belanger RCAF

Birth Date: 1922

Born:

Parents: Son of Alfred and Edouardina Blanger, of Ste. Ursule, Quebec, Canada.

Spouse:

Home: Ste Ursule, Quebec

Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: unkown date

Service

RCAF

Unit

1 OTU- Operational Training Unit

Base

RCAF Stn. Siloth, Quebec

Rank

Warrant Officer 2

Position

Wireless Air Gunner

Service Numbers

R/73758

Home

Ste Ursule, Quebec

Final Burial

Silloth St Paul Churchyard
Sec R Grave 13

Ursule, Quebec. Killed Jan 13/43 age 21. 1 Operational Training Unit. Warrant Officer Belanger and FS F.C. Zurbrigg were killed when Hudson aircraft T 9322 crashed. The pilot overshot the landing at the aerodrome at Silloth.

RAF Commands Database

Canada Primary Source Library and Archives of Canada - Service File of War Dead 1939-47 (pdf download)

Canada Source Canadian Virtual War Memorial

Commonwealth War Grave Commission Commonwealth War Graves Commission

Find-A-Grave Finadagrave.com

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

Crew or Other Personnel

Hudson T9322

Warrant Officer 2 Joseph Leo Gerard Belanger RCAF

Warrant Officer 2 Belanger, Joseph Leo Gerard (RCAF)
Wireless Air Gunner
Killed in Flying Accident
1943-January-13
Silloth St Paul Churchyard, Causewayhead, Wigton, UK

Flying Officer Gerald James Thomas Snoxell RAFVR

Flying Officer Snoxell, Gerald James Thomas (RAFVR)

Killed in Flying Accident
1943-January-13
cemetery unknown

Flight Sergeant Franklin Charles Zurbrigg RCAF

Flight Sergeant Zurbrigg, Franklin Charles (RCAF)
Navigator Bomb Aimer
Killed in Flying Accident
1943-January-13
Silloth St Paul Churchyard, Causewayhead, Wigton, UK

Unit Desciption

1 OTU (1 Operational Training Unit)

The Operational Training Unit (OTU) was the last stop for aircrew trainees. They spent 8 to 14 weeks learning to fly operational aircraft (Hawker Hurricane or Fairey Swordfish, e.g.). The instructors had experience in actual operations, and often were posted to OTUs after their operational tour.