In Memory Of

BALSDON, DESMOND ERNEST

Service Details
Age:
 26
Date of Birth:
 -0001-11-30
Service No:
 160069
Rank:
 Flying Officer
Unit:
 44 Sqdn.
Regiment:
 Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Date of Death:
 1944-06-09
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
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
 MORIGNY-CHAMPIGNY COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Cemetery:
 UNKNOWN CEMETERY
Localitly:
 Unknown
Country:
 France
Additional Information
Of Rhodesia