Birth Date: 1913-April-25
Born: Gatineau Quebec Canada
Joseph Fridolin Desloges & Marie Blanche de Repentigny Desloges
Home: Ottawa, Ontario
Enlistment:
Enlistment Date: Unknown
Service
RCAF
Unit
OSHQ- Overseas Headquarters
Base
London, England
Rank
Wing Commander
Position
Wing Commander
Service Numbers
C/788
Ottawa, Ontario
A French Douglas Dauntless A-24B aircraft crashed when taking off on a scheduled flight for inspection duties
Wing Comander Desloges was attached to the French Committee of National Liberation, he also had flown Hurricane aircraft in the Battle of Britain with 1 RCAF and 110 Squadrons. He had been shot down and badly burned in a crash landing on August 26, 1940.
The Douglas SBD Dauntless is a World War II American naval scout plane and dive bomber that was manufactured by Douglas Aircraft from 1940 through 1944. The SBD ("Scout Bomber Douglas") was the United States Navy's main carrier-based scout/dive bomber from mid-1940 through mid-1944. The SBD was also flown by the United States Marine Corps, both from land air bases and aircraft carriers. The SBD is best remembered as the bomber that delivered the fatal blows to the Japanese carriers at the Battle of Midway in June 1942. The type earned its nickname "Slow But Deadly" (from its SBD initials) during this period, along with a rarely-used accompanying nickname of "Furious D."
During its combat service, the SBD proved to be an excellent naval scout plane and dive bomber. It possessed long range, good handling characteristics, maneuverability, potent bomb load, great diving characteristics from the perforated dive brakes, good defensive armament, and ruggedness. One land-based variant of the SBD "� omitting the arrestor hook "“ was purpose-built for the U.S. Army Air Forces, as the A-24 Banshee. Wikipedia
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