Page, Raoul Omer Joseph
Personal Information
Rank | F/S |
Forename(s) | Raoul Omer Joseph |
Surname | Page |
Gender | M |
Age | 20 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 01-04-1942 |
Next of Kin | Son of Arthur and Aleona Page, of Montreal, Province of Quebec, Canada. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Vickers Wellington II |
Serial Number | Z8527 |
Markings | LQ-L |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | France |
Burial/Memorial Place | les Gonards Communal Cemetery |
Grave Reference | Row 3. Grave 38. |
Epitaph | TUE A L'ACTION SUR LE SOL DE FRANCE. FILS DE M. & MME. ARTHUR PAGE, QUEBEC, CANADA |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 222 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | R/55438 |
Service | Royal Canadian Air Force |
Group | 4 |
Squadron | 405 (Vancouver) |
Trade | WOp/AG |
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 |
Casualty Pack Number Find Out More
AIR 81/13100 (P367389/42) |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1787/22 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1787/21 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 01-04-1942 |
End Date | 02-04-1942 |
Takeoff Station | Pocklington |
Day/Night Raid | Night (100% moon) |
Operation | Poissy- Ford lorry factory. Crews claimed accurate bombing had been achieved but this was not borne out by reconnaissance photographs |
Reason for Loss | Crashed near Versailles |