DuBOULAY – Denis Claude Desmond
Pilot Officer – Air gunner – RCAF – KIA at 20 in 1943 – buried at Commonwealth War Cemetary in Berlin, Germany
[Source: St. Lucia website]
Denis Claude Desmond DuBoulay (known as Desmond) Service no. J/26607 Royal Canadian Air Force 426 Sqn.
Lancaster DS676 Mission to Berlin
Tookoff at 20.22 from Linton-on-Ouse. Shot down by a night fighter and crashed at Gusen, 13 km WSW of Genthin. All are buried in the Berlin War Cemetery. P/O du Boulay came from Soufriere on St Lucia.
F/L W L Shaw RCAF
March 19th, 2009 at 5:02 pmF/O W E Hinchcliffe RCAF (second pilot)
Sgt A Lucas
P/O E G Farr
F/O A J Gibson RCAF
Sgt J Williams RCAF
P/O D C D du Boulay RCAF
Sgt L G E Burnett RCAF
i would be most greatful to receive any photographs of the air base, and of those stationed during the WWII in Vieux Fort, St Lucia my grandfather served there and i believe he was a pilot from America and did live in St Lucia for a while – any photographs, news or names of those stationed there would be greatly appreciated.
April 28th, 2009 at 6:23 amDU BOULAY, DENIS CLAUDE DESMOND Initials: D C D Nationality: Canadian Rank: Pilot Officer (Air Gnr.) Regiment/Service: Royal Canadian Air Force Unit Text: 426 Sqdn. Age: 20 Date of Death: 24/08/1943 Service No: J/26607 Additional information: Son of Andre and Marie du Boulay, of Soufriere, St. Lucia. Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead Grave/Memorial Reference: 6. H. 20. Cemetery: BERLIN 1939-1945 WAR CEMETERY. source: cwgc
September 2nd, 2009 at 1:21 am