Charest, Joseph Marie Antoine Laurent
Personal Information
Rank | P/O |
Forename(s) | Joseph Marie Antoine Laurent |
Surname | Charest |
Gender | M |
Age | 26 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 30-01-1944 |
Next of Kin | Son of Wilfrid and Anna B. Charest, of Thetford, Mines, Province of Quebec, Canada. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Avro Lancaster III |
Serial Number | ND493 |
Markings | LQ-S |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | United Kingdom |
Burial/Memorial Place | Runnymede Memorial |
Grave Reference | Panel 249. |
Epitaph |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 143 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | J/87274 |
Service | Royal Canadian Air Force |
Group | 8 |
Squadron | 405 (Vancouver) |
Trade | Air Gunner |
Country of Origin | Canada |
Other Memorials
Location | Adjacent to Village Windmill, Mill Rd, Great Gransden, Cambridgeshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Memorial Stone with inscribed Metal Plaque |
Memorial Text | Remembering 405 (Vancouver) Sqn. PFF at Gransden Lodge 1942 - 1945 |
Location | St. Bartholomew's Church, Great Gransden, Cambridgeshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Stained Glass Window, RoH and inscribed metal plaque |
Memorial Text | Commemorating the 801 airmen of 405 Sqn. RCAF who gave their lives 1941 - 1945 |
Location | Pocklington Gliding Club, Pocklington Airfield, East Yorkshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Marble Pillar and inscribed metal plaque |
Memorial Text | In memory of 102 (Ceylon) and 405 (Vancouver) Sqns. Pocklington Airfield |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1789/2 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1789/1 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 30-01-1944 |
End Date | 31-01-1944 |
Takeoff Station | Gransden Lodge |
Day/Night Raid | Night (36% moon) |
Operation | Berlin. 534 aircraft without diversionary raids. 33 aircraft Lost (6.2%). Initial German attempts to intercept with night-fighters failed and the bomber stream was well on the way to Berlin before they met with any resistance. Complete cloud-cover over Berlin but concentrated damage in the centre nonetheless with additional widely scattered bombs. At least 1000 deaths on the ground, 2 industrial premises completely destroyed and a further 15 seriously damaged. The Propaganda Ministry was hit, as was the railway infrastructure |
Reason for Loss | Hit by flak at 20000' on the outbound leg and caught fire. Crashed at Teschendorf, Germany |