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Military service
Service number:
10667
Age:
24
Rank:
Flying Officer
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
49 (R.A.F.) Sqdn
Birth:
February 28, 1918
Frenchville, Saskatchewan
Death:
February 2, 1943
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
18. D. 5.
Additional information
Son of Antoine Marie and Marie Louise Dunand of Val Marie, Saskatchewan.
Brother of Private Marcel Joseph Ferdinand Dunand, who died while serving with the Royal Regiment of Canada.
Digital gallery of Flying Officer Emile Joseph Francis Dunand
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Newspaper Clipping
Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Memorial
Remembering brothers lost … Brothers In Arms Memorial, Zonnebeke, BE … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022 -
Grave Marker
Photo courtesy of Frans van Cappellen, The Netherlands F/O Dunand was Wireless/Air Gunner on Lancaster aircraft ED 440 which took part in the following key Operations: Berlin 16/17Dec43; Dusseldorf 27/28Jan43; Hamburg 30/31Jan43; Cologne 2/3Feb43-L When lost this aircraft had a total of 25 hours. The crew were airborne 1851 2Feb43 from Fiskerton. Shot down by a night-fighter, crashing 2113 2Feb43 between Kessel and Helden (Limburg), where those killed were initially buried. They have since been re-interred in the Jonkerbos War cemetery. Killed with F/O Dunand was FS (OB) Hiam Magder from Toronto. Four members of the RAF were also killed and one survived and was taken PoW. -
Newspaper clipping
From the Regina Leader Post March 1943. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Memorial
Flying Officer Emile Joseph Francis Dunand 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 -
Memorial
Flying Officer Emile Joseph Francis Dunand is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Newspaper Clipping
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Emile Joseph Francis Dunand
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Emile Joseph Francis Dunand
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Emile Joseph Francis Dunand
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Emile Joseph Francis Dunand
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Emile Joseph Francis Dunand
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Emile Joseph Francis Dunand
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Emile Joseph Francis Dunand
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Emile Joseph Francis Dunand
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 155 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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