Melanson, Albert Joseph

Killed in Action 1918-05-09

Birth Date: unkown date

Born: Bathurst, N.B.

Henry Joseph Melanson & Susanah Walton.

Home: South Bathurst, New Brunswick

Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: Unknown

Service

RAF

Unit

2 (BR) Sqn- Squadron (RFC)

Base

France

Rank

Second-Lieutenant

Position

Second-Lieutenant

Service Numbers

Home
Google MapSouth Bathurst, New Brunswick
First Burial
Google MapArras Memorial to the Missing at Fauberg d'Amiens, France
Shot down by German aircraft. Lt R.L. Johnston (Canadian pilot) was also killed. *L.S.*1918-05-09: Melanson was killed as was his Canadian pilot Lt. Robin Louis Johnston. Their Armstrong-Whitworth was shot down in flames by four enemy scouts north of Illies, near Rue de Marais, while on an artillery observation mission.

Canadian Virtual War Memorial

F.K.8 B5792

Lieutenant Johnston, Robin Louis (RAF)
Pilot
Killed in Action
1918-May-09
Guards Cemetery, Cuinchy, Pas-De-Calais, France

Second-Lieutenant Melanson, Albert Joseph (RAF)
observer-gunner
Killed in Action
1918-May-09
Arras Flying Services Memorial, Boulevard du General de Gaulle, Arras, France

Armstrong Whitworth F.K.8

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN 3387943)
Armstrong-Whitworth F.K.8.
(Source Harold A Skaarup web page)

The Armstrong Whitworth F.K.8 was a British two-seat general-purpose biplane built by Armstrong Whitworth during the First World War. The type served alongside the better known R.E.8 until the end of the war, at which point 694 F.K.8s remained on RAF charge.Harold Skaarup web page

Wikipedia Wikipedia F.K.8

unvetted Source Harold A Skaarup Web Page