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Son of Paul and Edewisca Audet of Masinasin, Alberta. Husband of Iris Christina Audet, of Pinner, Middlesex.
Digital gallery of Flight Lieutenant Richard Joseph Audet
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Flight Lieutenant Richard Joseph Audet
Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant Richard Joseph Audet
In memory of the men and women memorialized on the pages of the Winnipeg Evening Tribune. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant Richard Joseph Audet
Richard "Dick" Audet, 411 Sqn, RCAF, became an ace on December 29, 1944, when he shot down five enemy fighters in one day. He was flying his friend Jack Boyle's aircraft, DB-G (RR 201), according to the logbook. In this photograph, Audet is with his own aircraft, a Spitfire IX, DB-A (MK 950, coded R for a time), in which he was killed while strafing locomotives on March 3, 1945.<p>
DND Photo PL 41719, Steve Sauve.
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Flight Lieutenant Richard Joseph Audet
Spitfire IX (flown by Flight Lieutenant Jack Boyle, DFC , of Burlington, Ontario in 411 Sqn, RCAF) similar to that flown by Richard "Dick" Audet. Audet was flying a Spitfire IX, DB-A (MK 950, coded R for a time) in 411 Sqn, in which he was killed while strafing locomotives on March 3, 1945. Note the 411 Sqn crest.<p>
Drawing extracted from the book "Spitfire, The Canadians" by Robert Bracken.
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant Richard Joseph Audet
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant Richard Joseph Audet
Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant Richard Joseph Audet
SETS NEW R.C.A.F. RECORD (The Windsor Star dated Jan 26, 1945)
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Flight Lieutenant Richard Joseph Audet
Inscription - Runnymede Memorial - April 2017 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
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Flight Lieutenant Richard Joseph Audet
Remembered by ex members of 411 Squadron
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant Richard Joseph Audet
Memory Bar for F/L R.J. Audet
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant Richard Joseph Audet
From the Toronto Star March 1945. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant Richard Joseph Audet
From the Edmonton Bulletin March 1945. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Image gallery
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Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me
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In memory of the men and women memorialized on the pages of the Winnipeg Evening Tribune. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me
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Richard "Dick" Audet, 411 Sqn, RCAF, became an ace on December 29, 1944, when he shot down five enemy fighters in one day. He was flying his friend Jack Boyle's aircraft, DB-G (RR 201), according to the logbook. In this photograph, Audet is with his own aircraft, a Spitfire IX, DB-A (MK 950, coded R for a time), in which he was killed while strafing locomotives on March 3, 1945.<p> DND Photo PL 41719, Steve Sauve.
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Spitfire IX (flown by Flight Lieutenant Jack Boyle, DFC , of Burlington, Ontario in 411 Sqn, RCAF) similar to that flown by Richard "Dick" Audet. Audet was flying a Spitfire IX, DB-A (MK 950, coded R for a time) in 411 Sqn, in which he was killed while strafing locomotives on March 3, 1945. Note the 411 Sqn crest.<p> Drawing extracted from the book "Spitfire, The Canadians" by Robert Bracken.
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Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
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Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me
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SETS NEW R.C.A.F. RECORD (The Windsor Star dated Jan 26, 1945)
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Inscription - Runnymede Memorial - April 2017 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
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Remembered by ex members of 411 Squadron
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Memory Bar for F/L R.J. Audet
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From the Toronto Star March 1945. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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From the Edmonton Bulletin March 1945. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
In the Books of Remembrance
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Page 492 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL Surrey, United Kingdom
During the Second World War more than 116,000 men and women of the Air Forces of the British Commonwealth gave their lives in service. More than 17,000 of these were members of the Royal Canadian Air Force, or Canadians serving with the Royal Air Force. Approximately one-third of all who died have no known grave. Of these, 20,450 are commemorated by name on the Runnymede Memorial, which is situated at Englefield Green, near Egham, 32 kilometers by road west of London.
The design of the Runnymede Memorial is original and striking. On the crest of Cooper's Hill, overlooking the Thames, a square tower dominates a cloister, in the centre of which rests the Stone of Remembrance. The cloistered walks terminate in two lookouts, one facing towards Windsor, and the other towards London Airport at Heathrow. The names of the dead are inscribed on the stone reveals of the narrow windows in the cloisters and the lookouts. They include those of 3,050 Canadian airmen. Above the three-arched entrance to the cloister is a great stone eagle with the Royal Air Force motto, Per Ardua ad Astra". On each side is the inscription:
IN THIS CLOISTER ARE RECORDED THE NAMES OF TWENTY THOUSAND AIRMEN WHO HAVE NO KNOWN GRAVE. THEY DIED FOR FREEDOM IN RAID AND SORTIE OVER THE BRITISH ISLES AND THE LANDS AND SEAS OF NORTHERN AND WESTERN EUROPE
In the tower a vaulted shrine, which provides a quiet place for contemplation, contains illuminated verses by Paul H. Scott."
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