Dubetz, Lawrence (Sergeant)

Killed in Action 1943-May-01

Sergeant Lawrence Dubetz RCAF

Birth Date: 1922

Born:

Parents: Son of Peter and Lena Dubetz, of Edmonton, Alberta.

Spouse:

Home: Edmonton, Alberta

Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: unkown date

Service

RCAF

Unit

77 Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
Esse Potius Quam Videri To be, rather than to seem

Base

RAF Elvington

Rank

Sergeant

Position

Flight Engineer

Service Numbers

R/76935

Home
Google MapEdmonton, Alberta
Temporary Burial
Google MapUechelen

Remains were later exhumed from this location and reburied

Final Burial
Google MapCanadian Cemetery
XV A 8
77 Squadron (Esse Potius Quam Videri). Halifax aircraft was shot down at Uechelen, Holland during night operations over enemy-held territory. Six of the crew, not Canadians, missing believed killed. Sergeant Flight Engineer Dubetz was buried at Uechelen, exhumed, and reinterred in the Canadian Cemetery, Nijemegen, Holland. Addendum: The squadron was based at Elvington when Halifax aircraft JB 783-N was shot down during a night raid. Sergeants A.R. Camburn (RAF), R.E. Hawkins (RAF), T.T. Jardine (RAF), and LK. Hendry (RAF) were also killed. Sgt. N.A. Fearneyhough (RAF) and A.J. Butlin (RAF) were taken Prisoners of War. This completes this crew list. Detail from "Some Of The Many" by Roy Walker, Kent, England.

Canada Source Canadian Virtual War Memorial

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