Chartrand, John Louis Edmond
Personal Information
Rank | P/O |
Forename(s) | John Louis Edmond |
Surname | Chartrand |
Gender | M |
Age | |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 02-05-1944 |
Next of Kin |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Avro Lancaster X |
Serial Number | KB711 |
Markings | VR-C |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | Belgium |
Burial/Memorial Place | Adegem Canadian War Cemetery |
Grave Reference | XI. C. 9. |
Epitaph |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 143 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | J/86385 |
Service | Royal Canadian Air Force |
Group | 6 |
Squadron | 419 (Moose) |
Trade | WOp/AG |
Country of Origin | Canada |
Other Memorials
Location | Outside Former St. Georges Hotel, Teesside Airport, County Durham |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Slate Memorial Tablet on Stone Memorial |
Memorial Text | A memorial to Nos 419, 420 and 428 Sqns RCAF who flew from RAF Middleton St George during WW2 |
Miscellaneous Information
This was the first Canadian built Lancaster X to be written off in BC service |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1823/10 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1823/9 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 01-05-1944 |
End Date | 02-05-1944 |
Takeoff Station | Middleton St. George |
Day/Night Raid | Night (66% moon) |
Operation | St Ghislain- to bomb railway installations. 137 aircraft- 2 losses. A highly successful attack. |
Reason for Loss | Hit by cannon fire from a night-fighter at 11000'. One shell exploded in the cockpit, causing a fire. Crashed on a gas works in Gent, Belgium |