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JAVAUX Lucien Leon Gustave ou/of Luc

Conflit/Conflict: 1940 - 1945
Statut/Statuut: Tombé au champ d'honneur - Gevallen op het veld van eer
Naissance/Geboorte: Namur (Namen), NA, BE 1911-08-16
Décès/Overlijden: Ranchi, India 1943-10-18
Grade/Régiment - Graad/Regiment:
Plus d'infos/Meer info: Capitaine aviateur à la Royal Air Force. Avocat au barreau de Namur. Joined Belgian Air Force in August 1934. Escaped to England after the collapse of France and commissioned in the RAF on 13th August 1940. First posted to 235 Squadron before beckming an instructor with various units. Finally joining 681 Squadron on Mosquitoes. On a ferry flight from Allahabad to Dumdum, India when during very bad weather in torrential rain it was decided to land at RAF Ranchi even though the runway could only be lit by headlights from various vehicle. During the fourth attempt to land the aircraft hit a river bank short of the runway, killing both crew members. Originally buried at Ranchi War Cemetery, India, the body of Fl/Lt. JAVAUX was reinterred at Fleurus, Belgium in October 1961 (Sources [333] et souvenir pieux)
Photo/Foto: http://www.bel-memorial.org/photos_abroad/JAVAUX_Lucien_Leon_Gustave_65039.htm
Monument/Gedenkteken: Mémorial de la Bataille d'Angleterre - Slag om Engeland memoriaal, Commune/Gemeente: Capel-le-Ferne

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