Paige, John Osborne (Warrant Officer 2nd Class)

Killed in Action 1944-June-03

Warrant Officer 2nd Class John Osborne Paige RCAF

Birth Date: 1915

Born:

Parents: Son of Lyman Willard Paige and Ella May Paige, of Lennoxville, Quebec. His brother, Milton James Paige, also died on service.

Spouse:

Home: Lennoxville, Quebec

Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: unkown date

Service

RCAF

Unit

76 Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
Resolute

Base

Rank

Warrant Officer 2nd Class

Position

Bomb Aimer

Service Numbers

R/161143

Final Burial
Google MapDreux Communal Cemetery
Row 1 Coll grave 1-4
76 Squadron (Resolute). Target - Trappes, France. Halifax aircraft (LK 783) crashed with loss of entire crew, One RCAF and six RAF crew members. A second Halifax aircraft (LK 784) also crashed in the same area in France on the same night again with loss of entire crew, again one RCAF and six RAF crew members. Please see Flight Sergeant H.C. Johnson for detail and casualty list. Cenotaph at Sand HIll Cemetery, Cookshire-Eaton, Estrie Region, Quebec, Canada