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Date: | Monday 6 July 1942 |
Time: | |
Type: | Curtiss Kittyhawk Mk I |
Owner/operator: | 130 (F) Sqn RCAF |
Registration: | AK915 |
MSN: | AE- |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
Other fatalities: | 0 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | St Lawrence river near Ste. Anne-des-Monts Quebec -
Canada
|
Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RCAF Mont Jolie, QC |
Destination airport: | RCAF Mont Joli |
Narrative:Chevrier was posted to be the first CO of 130 Squadron, taking command at Mont-Joli, Quebec on 1st May 1942. On 6th July 1942 the squadron was scrambled to search for U-boats after a freighter was torpedoed 10 miles off Ste. Anne-des-Monts. Four Kittyhawks were launched. Several survivors of the sunk ship were located, but no U-boat.
Chevrier ran out of fuel on the return to RCAF Mont-Joli, and died when his Kittyhawk AK915 ditched in the St. Lawrence just off Ste. Anne-des-Monts.
Ditched in the St Lawrence river following fuel starvation. Body never found.
Crew:
S/Ldr (C/856) Joseph Armand Jacques Chevrier (pilot) RCAF killed
Sources:
RCAF archives Cwgc
Veterans Affairs Canada
Battle of Britain London monument web site
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
02-Feb-2018 06:57 |
tachel |
Added |
04-Oct-2020 13:58 |
tachel |
Updated [Aircraft type, Destination airport] |
04-Oct-2020 15:18 |
tachel |
Updated [Cn] |
26-Jun-2021 17:56 |
mpierrela |
Updated [Departure airport, Narrative] |
16-Jun-2024 22:22 |
Nepa |
Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, Operator] |