Caron, Joseph Aurele Roland (Pilot Officer)

Killed in Action 1944-January-30

Pilot Officer Joseph Aurele Roland Caron RCAF

Birth Date: 1923-August-28

Born:

Home: Ottawa, Ontario

Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: Unknown

Service

RCAF

Unit

608 (GR) Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
Omnibus Ungulis With all talons

Base

RAF Montecorvino, Italy

Rank

Pilot Officer

Position

Pilot Officer

Service Numbers

J/87707
Prev: R/125681

Home

Ottawa, Ontario

Memorial Location

Malta War Memorial
Panel 16 Column 1

Took off from Montecorvino, Italy in Hudson Mk IIIa FK-788 on an air-sea rescue operation for missing 608 Sqn Hudson Mk IIIa FK-733 when it went down in the sea off Agnone, Italy.

Killed includes Caron: Flight Sergeant Harold Taylor Croft RAF KIA Malta Memorial Panel 14, Column 1. Pilot Officer Joseph Geoffrey Doucet RCAF J/87708 KIA Malta Memorial Panel 16. Column 1. Pilot Officer Leon Louis Henrion RAF KIA Runnymede Memorial Panel 211. Sergeant Joshua Smollan RAF KIA Malta Memorial Panel 15, Column 2.

Canadian Virtual War Memorial

Commonwealth War Graves Commission

www.findagrave.com

Library and Archives Canada Service Files (may not exist)

Crew or Other Personnel

Hudson FK788

Pilot Officer Joseph Aurele Roland Caron RCAF

Pilot Officer Caron, Joseph Aurele Roland (RCAF)
Air Gunner
Killed in Action
1944-January-30
Malta War Memorial, Malta

Pilot Officer Joseph Geoffrey Doucet RCAF

Pilot Officer Doucet, Joseph Geoffrey (RCAF)
Air Gunner
Killed in Action
1944-January-30
Malta War Memorial, Malta

Sergeant Joshua Smollan RAFVR

Sergeant Smollan, Joshua (RAFVR)

Killed in Action
1944-January-30
Malta War Memorial, Malta

Hudson serial: FK788

Lockheed Hudson
Source National Air Force Museum of Canada.

The Lockheed Hudson was an American-built light bomber and coastal reconnaissance aircraft built initially for the Royal Air Force (RAF) shortly before the outbreak of the Second World War and primarily operated by the RAF thereafter. The Hudson served throughout the war, mainly with Coastal Command, but also in transport and training roles, as well as delivering agents into occupied France. They were also used extensively with the Royal Canadian Air Force's (RCAF) anti-submarine squadrons. National Air Force Museum of Canada.

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