Dube, Joseph Paul Henri
Personal Information
Rank | F/S |
Forename(s) | Joseph Paul Henri |
Surname | Dube |
Gender | M |
Age | 22 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 17-11-1943 |
Next of Kin | Son of J. Alfred and Lucienne Dube, of Sanmaur, Province of Quebec, Canada. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Avro Lancaster III |
Serial Number | JB226 |
Markings | LQ-G |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | Germany |
Burial/Memorial Place | Rheinberg War Cemetery |
Grave Reference | 18. C. 10. |
Epitaph | LES AILES L'ONT PORTE DANS L'ETERNEL AZUR POUR L'ETERNEL REVOIR (French - HIS WINGS HAVE CARRIED HIM IN TO THE ETERNAL BLUE FOR ETERNITY - GOODBYE) |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 157 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | R/55961 |
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 27/1788/22 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1788/21 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 17-11-1943 |
End Date | 18-11-1943 |
Takeoff Station | Gransden Lodge |
Day/Night Raid | Night (68% moon) |
Operation | Ludwigshafen. 83 aircraft on a purely H2S blind-bombing raid without any target markers. Few details are available but it would appear that the I G Farben factory was hit. The German fighters were sent erroneous information by a broadcast in England leading to most returning to base. As a result only one Lancaster was Lost (1.2%) |
Reason for Loss | Shot down by night fighter pilot Feldwebel Günther Bahr of 3./NJG 6, flying Bf 110 G-4 2Z+LL from Mainz-Finthen airfield. |