Guepin, Yvon Jean Baptiste
Personal Information
Rank | WO2 |
Forename(s) | Yvon Jean Baptiste |
Surname | Guepin |
Gender | M |
Age | 21 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 14-05-1943 |
Next of Kin | Son of Francis and Anne Guepin, of Montreal, Province of Quebec, Canada. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Short Stirling III |
Serial Number | BK726 |
Markings | OJ-Z |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | Germany |
Burial/Memorial Place | Rheinberg War Cemetery |
Grave Reference | 2. F. 21. |
Epitaph | CHER FILS. TU ETAIS NOTRE ORGUEIL. LE DESTIN A VOULU QUE TU SOIS UN HEROS |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 174 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | R/108356 |
Service | Royal Canadian Air Force |
Group | 3 |
Squadron | 149 (East India) |
Trade | Air Bomber |
Country of Origin | Canada |
Other Memorials
Location | St. George's Church, Methwold, Norfolk |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Roll of Honour & inscribed window |
Memorial Text | Roll of Honour of 149 Sqn RAF and a window remembering the men and women of all Nations who served at RAF Methwold, 1939-1945 |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1003/10 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1003/9 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 13-05-1943 |
End Date | 14-05-1943 |
Takeoff Station | Lakenheath |
Day/Night Raid | Night (65% moon) |
Operation | Bochum. 442 aircraft, 24 losses (5.4%). Decoy markers drew much of the bombing away from the target. Little information available from local sources about the extent of the damage. |
Reason for Loss | Shot down by a night-fighter and crashed at Immerath, SSW of Mönchengladbach, Germany |