Casaubon, Joseph Noe Gustave Robert (Warrant Officer 2)

Killed in Action 1944-April-25

Warrant Officer 2 Joseph Noe Gustave Robert Casaubon RCAF

Birth Date: 1920-December-17

Born: Sorel, Monteregie Region, Quebec, Canada

Parents: Son of Amedee Casaubon and of M Bernadette (nee Cardin) Casaubon of Cardinal, Ontario. Brother of Joseph Jean Jacques Fernand Casaubon who went missing in action on January 31, 1943 while serving with the RCAF

Spouse:

Home: Cardinal, Ontario

Enlistment: Ottawa Ontario

Enlistment Date: 1942-September-17

Service

RCAF

Unit

50 (B) Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
Sic Fidem Servamus Thus we keep faith

Base

RAF Skellingthorpe

Rank

Warrant Officer 2

Position

Air Gunner (Rear)

Service Numbers

R/180956

Home
Google MapCardinal, Ontario
Target
Google MapMunich Germany
Temporary Burial
Google MapCemetery at Hochmutting Schleissheim, Germany

Remains were later exhumed from this location and reburied

Final Burial
Google MapDurnbach War Cemetery
Plot 9 Row K Grave 11

Warrant Officer Class II Casaubon was BROTHER of Warrant Officer Class II Joseph Jean Jacques Fernand Casaubon (RCAF), who was missing, presumed killed in action 1943-01-31 on 31 Squadron RAF Dakota aircraft MA 929 in Burma

50 Squadron (From Defense To Attack) RAF Skellingthorpe. Lancaster III aircraft ND 876 VN-Z was hit by flak and broke up in mid-air during a night operation against targets in Munich, Germany

Warrant Officer Class II J N Casaubon (RCAF), Pilot Officer R G Brock DFC (RCAF), Sergeant F P Brown (RAFVR), Flying Officer L Durham (RAFVR), Flight Sergeant N Jackson (RAFVR), Flight Sergeant E S Jones (RAFVR) and Flight Sergeant were all killed in action

Unvetted Source Royal air Force Serial and Image Database

Canada Source Canadian Virtual War Memorial

Commonwealth War Grave Commission Commonwealth War Graves Commission

Commonwealth War Grave Commission International Bomber Command Centre

Find-A-Grave Finadagrave.com

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

Crew or Other Personnel

Lancaster ND876

Pilot Officer Robert George Brock RCAF

Pilot Officer Brock, Robert George (RCAF)
Bomb Aimer
Killed in Action
1944-April-25
Durnbach War Cemetery, Gmund am Tegernsee, Germany

Sergeant Francis Patrick Brown RAFVR

Sergeant Brown, Francis Patrick (RAFVR)
Flight Engineer
Killed in Action
1944-April-25
cemetery unknown

Warrant Officer 2 Joseph Noe Gustave Robert Casaubon RCAF

Warrant Officer 2 Casaubon, Joseph Noe Gustave Robert (RCAF)
Air Gunner (Rear)
Killed in Action
1944-April-25
Durnbach War Cemetery, Gmund am Tegernsee, Germany

Flying Officer Lennox Durham RAFVR

Flying Officer Durham, Lennox (RAFVR)
Pilot
Killed in Action
1944-April-25
cemetery unknown

Flight Sergeant Norman Jackson RAFVR

Flight Sergeant Jackson, Norman (RAFVR)
Air Gunner (Mid-Upper)
Killed in Action
1944-April-25
cemetery unknown

Flight Sergeant Eric Stanley Jones RAFVR

Flight Sergeant Jones, Eric Stanley (RAFVR)
Navigator
Killed in Action
1944-April-25
cemetery unknown

Flight Sergeant Dennis Leonard Reynolds RAFVR

Flight Sergeant Reynolds, Dennis Leonard (RAFVR)
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner
Killed in Action
1944-April-25
cemetery unknown

Mission

Lancaster Mk.III ND876

Bombing Munich Germany 1944-April-24 to 1944-April-25

50 (B) Sqn (RAF) RAF Skellingthorpe

50 Squadron (From Defense To Attack) RAF Skellingthorpe. Lancaster III aircraft ND 876 VN-Z was hit by flak and broke up in mid-air during a night operation against targets in Munich, Germany

Warrant Officer Class II J N Casaubon (RCAF), Pilot Officer R G Brock DFC (RCAF), Sergeant F P Brown (RAFVR), Flying Officer L Durham (RAFVR), Flight Sergeant N Jackson (RAFVR), Flight Sergeant E S Jones (RAFVR) and Flight Sergeant were all killed in action

Unvetted Source Royal air Force Serial and Image Database