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P/O Roy Frederick Thibedeau

Royal Canadian Air Force 50 Sqdn.

from:Echo Bay, ON

(d.31st Mar 1944)

Roy Thibedeau was one of three uncles killed in WWII who I never knew since I was born years later. I carry with pride his first name as my middle name. He was a son of Fred and Ruby Thibedeau; husband of Vera Thibedeau, of Echo Bay, Ontario, Canada.

Roy is buried in Durnbach War Cemetery. Roy and two others from his crew were buried by the German civilians in a church graveyard and after the war their remains were relocated. His flight scarf was kept by a German resident of the village where the plane crashed and was later tracked down by a United States Army Captain. It was eventually returned to Roy's wife Vera. Four others from the flight crew survived and became prisoners of war.

His brother-in-law was F-Sgt. Earl William Bock who died on 22nd October 1944 when his severely damaged Lancaster barely made it back to England, where his is buried.

Roy with brother-in-law Earl Bock, also killed in another Lancaster



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