Cantin, Maurice Raoul (Flying Officer)

Killed in Action 1943-November-26

Flying Officer Maurice Raoul Cantin RCAF

Birth Date: 1922-July-15

Born: McCreary, Manitoba

Parents: Amedee J. & Julienne M. Cantin

Spouse:

Home: McCreary, Manitoba (parents)

Enlistment: Winnipeg, Manitoba

Enlistment Date: 1941-October-06

Service

RCAF

Unit

514 (B) Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
Nil Obstare Potest Nothing can withstand

Base

RAF Waterbeach

Rank

Flying Officer

Position

Pilot

Service Numbers

J/20214

Home
Google MapMcCreary, Manitoba (parents)
Target
Google MapBerlin Germany
Final Burial
Google MapBerlin War Cemetery
Plot 9 Rpw D Grave 16

Took off from Waterbeach at 17:48 in Lancaster Mk II (Sqn code JI-M Bomber Command) on an operation to Berlin Germany.

Shot down (means not found and crashed at Germendorf 4 km west of Oranienburg, Germany.

Killed includes Cantin: Flight Sergeant Stuart Elmer Smith RCAF R/161620 KIA Berlin 1939-1945 War Cemetery grave 9. D. 17. Sergeant Leslie Frank Eyre RAF KIA Berlin 1939-1945 War Cemetery grave 9. D. 18. Sergeant Kerry George King RAF KIA Berlin 1939-1945 War Cemetery grave 9. D. 20. Sergeant William Eric Thomas Michell RAF KIA Berlin 1939-1945 War Cemetery Joint grave 9. D. 21-22. Flight Sergeant William George Fyfe Saddler RAF KIA Berlin 1939-1945 War Cemetery Joint grave 9. D. 21-22. Sergeant Robert Neville Walne RAF KIA Berlin 1939-1945 War Cemetery grave 9. D. 19.

Flying Officer MR Cantin (RCAF) was BROTHER to Flying Officer CFA Cantin (RCAF), Killed 1942-10-09 on 213 Sqn Hurricane BP 355.

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)