Written in 2010 on my blog Souvenirs de guerre
Albert Émile Minguet was the flight engineer on the Halifax piloted by Jean-Jacques Desbiens. He was killed like Desbiens when the bomber crashed.
In memory of
Pilot Officer
ALBERT ÉMILE MINGUET
who died on 5 March 1945
Military service :
Service number : J/95399
Force : Military aviation
Unit : Royal Canadian Air Force
Division : 425 Squadron
Source : Canadian Virtual War Memorial
Émile was the flight engineer on the aircraft flown by Jean-Jacques Desbiens.
Both died in an air raid over Germany on 5 March 1945. Émile is last one the right in the back row and Jean-Jacques is first on the left in the back row.
All the other airmen were taken prisoner:
Flight Sergeant G. Tremblay
Flying Officer Parent
Flight Sergeant H. Jean Maurice D’Avril
Flight Sergeant G. Langevin
Flight Sergeant L. Lamontagne
Except that Jean-Maurice D’Avril had a different fate from the others.
If you have any information about the Alouettes squadron, leave me a comment.
To be continued 15 years later…
RCAF 425 Alouettes III 