Cholette, Joseph Henri Jacques
- Date of birth:
- March 8th, 1922 (Montreal/Quebec, Canada)
- Date of death:
- December 20th, 1942 (Boekel/North Brabant, Netherlands)
- Buried on:
- Canadian War Cemetery Groesbeek
Plot: XVI. Row: F. Grave: 3. - Service number:
- J/16502
- Nationality:
- Canadian
Biography
Pilot Officer
Royal Canadian Air Force
425 Sqdn.
On the evening of 20 December 1942, a fleet of British bombers (204 aircraft in total) passed over North Brabant to bomb Duisburg. Eleven of these were lost, one of which, Vickers-Wellington III Z1729, KW-T of 425 Squadron, landed in Boekel at 20:13, shot down by a German night fighter flown by Hptm. Werner Streib of I./NJG 1.
Pilot Officer Joseph Henri Jacues Cholette was killed.
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Canadian Volunteer Service Medal (1939-1947)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
General Service Medal 1918-1962
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
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