Pascoe, Philip Jocelyn

Date of birth:: August 9th, 1911 (Enniskillen, Ireland)
Date of death:: June 29th, 1943
Buried on:: Commonwealth War Graves General Cemetery Crooswijk
Plot: LL. Row: 1. Grave: Coll.47-48.
Service number:: J/14569
Nationality:: Canadian

Biography

Philip was born on August 9 1911 in Enniskillen Ireland, the son of James Sidney Pascoe (English) and Florence Beatrice Phillips nee Sutherland (Scottish) and both deceased. He was married on March 28 1936 in Trinity Quebec with Cecilia Catherine Pascoe nee MacLachlan of Windsor Nova Scotia and their daughters were Barbara Elizabeth and Cecilia Jocelyn Pascoe. He was the brother of David and Bennett Pascoe.

He was a veterinary inspector and member of the Church of England. His hobby was amateur theatre and his sports were swimming, soccer and rugby.
He enlisted on October 20 1941 with the RCAF in Moncton New Brunswick and he went thereafter on November 9 1942 overseas to the UK.

Philip was killed in action on Tuesday June 29 1943 age 31 due to a crash at the Voorweg in Rijsoord before or after an attack on Cologne in Germany. The other fallen RCAF crew member was F/Sgt Robert D.W. Moulton age 21 in grave LL 1-47-48. The other fallen RAF Volunteer Reserve crew members were Sgt Frank Wheeldon age 23 in grave LL-1-47-48, Sgt Horace H. Gentle in grave LL-1-47-48, P/O Christopher Wood age 24 in grave LL-1-47-48 and Sgt Joseph Reffin age 30 in grave LL-1-47-48. The other RAF crew member F/Sgt R.G. Storr survived the crash and he became then a prisoner of war and he survived afterwards the war.

His name is mentioned together with the other fallen crew members at a monument at the former crash site near the underpass to the Voorweg and slanting to the house at the Rijksstraatweg no 312 in Rijsoord.

He served with the 100 (R.A.F.) Sqdn Royal Canadian Air Force.

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