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Pilot Officer FRANCOIS ADRIEN JEAN VAN DROOGENBROECK

Service Number: J/88587
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Canadian Air Force

429 Sqdn.

Date of Death

Died 26 July 1944

Age 23 years old

Buried or commemorated at

ST. DESIR WAR CEMETERY

VII. A. 7.

France

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  • Country of Service Canadian
  • Additional Info Son of Jean and Marie Van Droogenbroeck, of Dorval, Province of Quebec. Canada.
  • Personal Inscription IL ETAIT BON FILS ET BON FRERE; SON COEUR FUT GRAND MAIS SA VIE TROP BREVE
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Buried or commemorated at

ST. DESIR WAR CEMETERY
Calvados France
Number of casualties: 603
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