Levasseur, Jean Joseph (Warrant Officer 2)

Prisoner of War 1943-May-05

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Home: Edmunston, New Brunswick

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Service

RCAF

Unit

428 (B) Sqn- Squadron
Usque Ad Finem To the Very End

Base

RAF Dalton

Rank

Warrant Officer 2

Position

Flight Engineer

Service Numbers

R/113949
PoW: 1145

Wellington Mk X HE864 Took off 23:35 1943-05-04 from Dalton, England, shot down by a night-fighter

Crew: pilot Flight Sergeant D W 'Dennis' Johnson RCAF KIA De Kranenburg Cemetery Grve 2 Nav F/Sgt. John Prosnyck RCAF KIA De Kranenburg Cemetery Grve 1 WAG Sergeant J L 'Jim' Boyd RCAF Injured/POW Stalag Luft 4A, POW # 78 AG Sergeant D E 'Tommy' Thomson RCAF POW Camps L1/L6/L4, POW # 1273 F-E Sergeant Jean Joseph "Frenchie" Levasseur RCAF POW in Camps L1/L6/357, POW # 1145

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Mission

Wellington B. Mk. X HE864

Bombing Dortmund Germany 1943-May-04 to 1943-May-05

428 (B) Sqn (RCAF) RAF Dalton UK

Aircraft shot down by a night fighter 2 miles southeast of Zwolle during a raid on Dortmund. Three of the crew survived and were captured. Prosnyck and Johnson killed. Three Canadians: Boyd, Thomson, and Levasseur were taken Prisoners of War.

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