Service Details
Name:
 BALSDON
Given Name:
 DESMOND ERNEST
Initials:
 D E
Service No:
 160069
Rank:
 Flying Officer
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Regiment:
 Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
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Unit:
 44 Sqdn.
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Date of Death:
 1944-06-09
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Age:
 26
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, Lancaster BI NN697, took off from Dunholme Lodge to bomb the rail junction at Tampes in support of the Normandy landings. Shot down and totally destroyed by a night-fighter crashing near Morigny-Champigny in the Department of Essonne 3 km NE of Tampes
Additional
Information:
Of Rhodesia
Commemoration
Country:
 France
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Locality:
 Unknown
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Cemetery:
 UNKNOWN CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 MORIGNY-CHAMPIGNY COMMUNAL CEMETERY

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