Chicoine, Joseph Vincent (Flight Sergeant)

Killed in Action 1942-July-03

Flight Sergeant Joseph Vincent Chicoine RCAF

Birth Date: 1912-June-12

Born: Gaspe Quebec

Parents: Robert & Maria Chicoine.

Spouse:

Home: Barachois, Quebec

Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: unkown date

Mentioned in Dispatches (1)

Service

RCAF

Unit

103 (B) Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
Noli Me Tangere Touch me not

Base

RAF Elsham Wolds

Rank

Flight Sergeant

Position

Air Gunner

Service Numbers

R/56204

Home
Google MapBarachois, Quebec
Target
Google MapBremen Germany
Temporary Burial
Google MapNeuer Friedhof Lingen-Ems, Near Crash Site

Remains were later exhumed from this location and reburied

Final Burial
Google MapReichswald Forest War Cemetery
Collective grave Plot 15 Row B Graves 9-18

Took off from Elsham Wolds at 23:21 in Wellington Mk Ic (Sqn code PM- Bomber Command) on an operation to Bremen Germany.

Aircraft is believed to have been shot down by a night fighter. It crashed at near Bookholt, Nordhorn, Niedersachsen, Germany.

Killed: Flight Sergeant Joseph Vincent Chicoine RCAF R/56204 KIA Reichswald Forest War Cemetery Coll. grave 15. B. 9-18. Pilot Officer Archie Thomas Little RAAF KIA Reichswald Forest War Cemetery Coll. grave 15. B. 9-18. Sergeant John William Edwards RAF KIA Reichswald Forest War Cemetery Coll. grave 15. B. 9-18. Sergeant Thomas Alfred Elliott RAF KIA Reichswald Forest War Cemetery Coll. grave 15. B. 9-18.

POWs: Flight Sergeant David Harold Davidner RCAF R/62173 POW Marlag Ind Milag Nord Westertimke (Tarnstedt).

Canada Source Canadian Virtual War Memorial

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