Vandette, Roy Emmit
Personal Information
Rank | P/O |
Forename(s) | Roy Emmit |
Surname | Vandette |
Gender | M |
Age | 21 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 06-12-1944 |
Next of Kin | Son of Francis and Sarah Vandette, of Hearst, Ontario, Canada. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Handley Page Halifax III |
Serial Number | MZ939 |
Markings | C8-M |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | Germany |
Burial/Memorial Place | Reichswald Forest War Cemetery |
Grave Reference | 26. D. 18. |
Epitaph | TIME TAKES AWAY THE EDGE OF GRIEF BUT MEMORY TURNS BACK EVERY LEAF |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 257 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | J/92209 |
Service | Royal Canadian Air Force |
Group | 4 |
Squadron | 640 |
Trade | Air Gunner |
Country of Origin | Canada |
Other Memorials
Location | Normandy Barracks, Leconfield, East Yorkshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Metal Sculpture Brick Pillars and Inscribed Sqn Badges |
Memorial Text | A memorial to those who flew from RAF Leconfield, including 640 Sqn |
Location | Memorial Gardens, Beverley, East Yorkshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Memorial Stone, Inscribed Marble Tablet |
Memorial Text | A memorial to those of 640 Sqn who were killed during WW2 |
Miscellaneous Information
The surviving four crew members all became PoW |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/2216/24 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/2157/23 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 06-12-1944 |
End Date | 07-12-1944 |
Takeoff Station | Leconfield |
Day/Night Raid | Night (56% moon) |
Operation | Osnabrück. 453 aircraft, 8 losses. The first major raid on this target in more than two years. The railway yards were only partly damaged but the Teuto-Metallwerke munitions factory was hit. 39 people were killed |
Reason for Loss | Crashed NE of Osnabrück |