Dumas, Joseph Laurent Gerard Gilbert
Personal Information
Rank | F/O |
Forename(s) | Joseph Laurent Gerard Gilbert |
Surname | Dumas |
Gender | M |
Age | 23 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 05-12-1944 |
Next of Kin | Son of Hector and Laura Dumas, of Montreal, Province of Quebec, Canada. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Vickers Wellington X |
Serial Number | NC967 |
Markings |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | United Kingdom |
Burial/Memorial Place | Brookwood Military Cemetery |
Grave Reference | 51. I. 3. |
Epitaph | BIEN JEUNE IL A OF AIT LE SACRIFICE DE SA VIE POUR QUE NOUS PUISSIONS VIVRE EN PAIX (French - HE SACRIFICED HIS YOUNG LIFE SO THAT WE COULD LIVE IN PEACE) |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 1 |
Panel Number | 30 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | J/43524 |
Service | Royal Canadian Air Force |
Group | 91 |
Squadron | 22 OTU |
Trade | Air Bomber |
Country of Origin | Canada |
Other Memorials
Location | St. Peter's Church, Wellesbourne Mountford, Warwickshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Metal Plaque |
Memorial Text | A dedication to the men and women who were killed while serving with 22 OTU during World War 2 |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 05-12-1944 |
End Date | 05-12-1944 |
Takeoff Station | Wellesbourne Mountford |
Day/Night Raid | Day |
Operation | Training |
Reason for Loss | At 1024hrs aircraft took off for navigation exercise. At 1149hrs aircraft crashed while enveloped in cloud at Westacott Farm, Inwardleigh, 3 miles NNW of Oxenhampton, Devon. |