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Francois Adrien Jean Van Droogenbroeck

In memory of:

Pilot Officer Francois Adrien Jean Van Droogenbroeck

July 26, 1944

Military Service


Service Number:

J/88587

Age:

23

Force:

Air Force

Unit:

Royal Canadian Air Force

Division:

429 Sqdn.

Additional Information


Son of Jean and Marie Van Droogenbroeck, of Dorval, Quebec. .

Commemorated on Page 467 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information


Cemetery:

ST. DESIR WAR CEMETERY
Calvados, France

Grave Reference:

VII. A. 7.

Location:

St Desir is a village on the N13 to Caen, 4 kilometres west of Lisieux. The war cemetery is about one kilometre west of the village and lies on a secondary road, the D159.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

Digital Collection

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  • Photo of FRANCOIS ADRIEN JEAN VAN DROOGENBROECK– Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Photo of FRANCOIS ADRIEN JEAN VAN DROOGENBROECK– Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Correspondence– Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Correspondence– Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Correspondence– Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Photo of FRANCOIS ADRIEN JEAN VAN DROOGENBROECK– Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Photo of FRANCOIS ADRIEN JEAN VAN DROOGENBROECK– Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Photo of FRANCOIS ADRIEN JEAN VAN DROOGENBROECK– Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Montreal Star. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper clipping– Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me
  • Memorial– Pilot Officer Francois Adrien Jean Van Droogenbroeck is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
  • Memorial– Pilot Officer Francois Adrien Jean Van Droogenbroeck is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
  • Memorial– Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens

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