136 Squadron (Nihil Fortius). Warrant Officer De Cruyenaere was flying Hurricane aircraft BM 936 as part of a fighter escort to Blenhiem aircraft that were bombing Rathdegaung, Burma. The fighter escort was attacked by six enemy fighter aircraft and he was killed when his aircraft crashed six miles north-east of Alethangyauw, Burma.
De Cruyenaere, Albert Joseph (Warrant Officer 1)
Killed in Action 1943-March-15
Birth Date: 1922
Born:
Parents: Alfred & Marie De Cruyenaere, North Bay, Ontario
Spouse:
Home: St Boniface, Manitoba
Enlistment:
Enlistment Date: unkown date
Service
RCAF
Unit
136 Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
Nihil Fortius Nothing is stronger
Base
RAF Asansol, India
Rank
Warrant Officer 1
Position
Pilot
Service Numbers
R/59761
Temporary Burial
Buried Near The Scene Of The Crash
Remains were later exhumed from this location and reburied
Canadian Virtual War Memorial
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
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Library and Archives Canada Service Files (may not exist)