Joseph Eduard Gerard Leblanc Photo:
Mogens Jeppesen 10 MAR 2021
Airman: a113136.htm Surname: Leblanc
Init: JEG Rank: F/O Service: RCAF Sqdn: 432
P_link: p373.htm Plane: HAL NP719 Operation: Bomb G Crash_site: At Nørreskoven, Als
Crash_d: d160944 Buried_d: b180944 C_link: c113.htm At_Next: Aabenraa, R 5-9
"Natten til den 16. september 1944 rettede RAF et angreb mod Kiel. I forbindelse
med dette bombetogt stødte 2 "Halifax" fly sammen i luften over Als kl. 01.05.
Flyene nedstyrtede nord-øst for Elstrup, hvor stumperne spredtes over et mange
kvadratkilometer stort område.
Samtlige 14 ombordværende flyvere blev dræbt - -." (FAF)
HAL NP719
styrtede ned omkring
her
og HAL MZ915 styrtede ned omkring
her.
Mere ved HAL NP719.
Se
Monumenter 2019 *
Mindesten 16 SEP 2019 dette fly *
Artikel: Clive,
John og James i JV.
Flying Officer (Navigator) Joseph Eduard
Gerard Leblanc, 23 år, var søn af Albert og Rose Leblanc, Montreal,
Provinsen Quebec, Canada.
(Kilde: CWGC)
"The RAF attacked
Kiel on the night before September 16 1944. In connection with this bombing raid
2 Halifax-planes collided in the air over Als at 0105 hrs. The planes crashed
north east of Elstrup, where fragments were scattered over an area of many
square kilometres.
All 14 crew members on board perished - -" (FAF)
HAL NP719 crashed
about
here and HAL MZ915 crashed about
here.
More links at HAL NP719.
See
Monuments 2019 *
Memorial stone to this crew *
Article in Danish
with photos in
JV + Translation.
Flying Officer (Navigator) Joseph Eduard
Gerard Leblanc, 23, was the son of Albert and Rose Leblanc, of Montreal,
Province of Quebec, Canada. (Source: CWGC)
Le sacrifice et ton souvenir sont toujours vivants a notre memoire
(The
sacrifice and your remembrance live on for ever in our memory)
Translated by KK.
His name is engraved on the Memorial Wall at the
BC Museum of Canada.
The Canadian Virtual War Memorial has
this.
He
is remembered on
The Walls of Names at
the
International Bomber Command Centre, Phase 2, Panel 197.