State Times Advocate (Baton Rouge, Louisiana) Sat - 30 Aug 1941 pg7
JOINS ROYAL CANADIAN AIR FORCE
Whitney P. Aucoin, Jr., 20 year old son of Captain Whitney Philip Aucoin and Adele Duhon Aucoin, has volunteered for service with the Royal Canadian Air Force 'for the duration' and will leave Monday for Memphis, Tennessee, where he must first pass a final physical examination before proceeding to Windsor, Canada.
Aucoin is a Catholic High graduate and has attended LSU. He left school to accept a position with the Y & M V. He has been taking flying lessons at the old parish airport. Aucoin expects to be sent by the Canadian government to some training point in the United States.
State Times Advocate (Baton Rouge, Louisiana) Tue - 18 Aug 1942 pg11
WHITNEY AUCOIN GETS RCAF WINGS
Whitney Philip Aucoin, Jr., has just received his "wings" in the Royal Canadian Air Force and is home on a brief furlough. Present at Dunnville, Ontario, Canada, for the "wings parade" last Friday was his mother, Adele Duhon Aucoin of 514 University Walk. The two returned to Baton Rouge and the son leaves shortly for a new post at Moss Point, Saskatchewan, Canada. He was here last in April 1942.
State Times Advocate (Baton Rouge, Louisiana) Mon - 2 May 1943 pg1
W P AUCOIN, JR. REPORTED MISSING IN PATROL ACTION
Whitney Philip Aucoin, Jr., son of Captain Whitney Philip Aucoin, Sr., and Adele Duhon Aucoin of 514 University Drive, is reported missing in action according to a wire received by his parents from the Royal Canadian Air Forece. The wire said simply that he failed to return from a patrol Tuesday, 27 Apr 1943. Further details were to be given soon.
Young Aucoin, a flight sergeant in the Royal Canadian Air Force, has been in service since September of 1941, having volunteered after being unable to enter the United States Air Force. Well known here where he spent most of his life, he was graduated from Catholic High school, where he served as drum major for three years. Prior to the time he left Baton Rouge, he was life guard at the City Park swimming pool.
source - https://bcam.net/wp-content/uploads/Aucoin-WP.pdf
Contains other photos of him and Details of Crash.
JOINS ROYAL CANADIAN AIR FORCE
Whitney P. Aucoin, Jr., 20 year old son of Captain Whitney Philip Aucoin and Adele Duhon Aucoin, has volunteered for service with the Royal Canadian Air Force 'for the duration' and will leave Monday for Memphis, Tennessee, where he must first pass a final physical examination before proceeding to Windsor, Canada.
Aucoin is a Catholic High graduate and has attended LSU. He left school to accept a position with the Y & M V. He has been taking flying lessons at the old parish airport. Aucoin expects to be sent by the Canadian government to some training point in the United States.
State Times Advocate (Baton Rouge, Louisiana) Tue - 18 Aug 1942 pg11
WHITNEY AUCOIN GETS RCAF WINGS
Whitney Philip Aucoin, Jr., has just received his "wings" in the Royal Canadian Air Force and is home on a brief furlough. Present at Dunnville, Ontario, Canada, for the "wings parade" last Friday was his mother, Adele Duhon Aucoin of 514 University Walk. The two returned to Baton Rouge and the son leaves shortly for a new post at Moss Point, Saskatchewan, Canada. He was here last in April 1942.
State Times Advocate (Baton Rouge, Louisiana) Mon - 2 May 1943 pg1
W P AUCOIN, JR. REPORTED MISSING IN PATROL ACTION
Whitney Philip Aucoin, Jr., son of Captain Whitney Philip Aucoin, Sr., and Adele Duhon Aucoin of 514 University Drive, is reported missing in action according to a wire received by his parents from the Royal Canadian Air Forece. The wire said simply that he failed to return from a patrol Tuesday, 27 Apr 1943. Further details were to be given soon.
Young Aucoin, a flight sergeant in the Royal Canadian Air Force, has been in service since September of 1941, having volunteered after being unable to enter the United States Air Force. Well known here where he spent most of his life, he was graduated from Catholic High school, where he served as drum major for three years. Prior to the time he left Baton Rouge, he was life guard at the City Park swimming pool.
source - https://bcam.net/wp-content/uploads/Aucoin-WP.pdf
Contains other photos of him and Details of Crash.
State Times Advocate (Baton Rouge, Louisiana) Sat - 30 Aug 1941 pg7
JOINS ROYAL CANADIAN AIR FORCE
Whitney P. Aucoin, Jr., 20 year old son of Captain Whitney Philip Aucoin and Adele Duhon Aucoin, has volunteered for service with the Royal Canadian Air Force 'for the duration' and will leave Monday for Memphis, Tennessee, where he must first pass a final physical examination before proceeding to Windsor, Canada.
Aucoin is a Catholic High graduate and has attended LSU. He left school to accept a position with the Y & M V. He has been taking flying lessons at the old parish airport. Aucoin expects to be sent by the Canadian government to some training point in the United States.
State Times Advocate (Baton Rouge, Louisiana) Tue - 18 Aug 1942 pg11
WHITNEY AUCOIN GETS RCAF WINGS
Whitney Philip Aucoin, Jr., has just received his "wings" in the Royal Canadian Air Force and is home on a brief furlough. Present at Dunnville, Ontario, Canada, for the "wings parade" last Friday was his mother, Adele Duhon Aucoin of 514 University Walk. The two returned to Baton Rouge and the son leaves shortly for a new post at Moss Point, Saskatchewan, Canada. He was here last in April 1942.
State Times Advocate (Baton Rouge, Louisiana) Mon - 2 May 1943 pg1
W P AUCOIN, JR. REPORTED MISSING IN PATROL ACTION
Whitney Philip Aucoin, Jr., son of Captain Whitney Philip Aucoin, Sr., and Adele Duhon Aucoin of 514 University Drive, is reported missing in action according to a wire received by his parents from the Royal Canadian Air Forece. The wire said simply that he failed to return from a patrol Tuesday, 27 Apr 1943. Further details were to be given soon.
Young Aucoin, a flight sergeant in the Royal Canadian Air Force, has been in service since September of 1941, having volunteered after being unable to enter the United States Air Force. Well known here where he spent most of his life, he was graduated from Catholic High school, where he served as drum major for three years. Prior to the time he left Baton Rouge, he was life guard at the City Park swimming pool.
source - https://bcam.net/wp-content/uploads/Aucoin-WP.pdf
Contains other photos of him and Details of Crash.
JOINS ROYAL CANADIAN AIR FORCE
Whitney P. Aucoin, Jr., 20 year old son of Captain Whitney Philip Aucoin and Adele Duhon Aucoin, has volunteered for service with the Royal Canadian Air Force 'for the duration' and will leave Monday for Memphis, Tennessee, where he must first pass a final physical examination before proceeding to Windsor, Canada.
Aucoin is a Catholic High graduate and has attended LSU. He left school to accept a position with the Y & M V. He has been taking flying lessons at the old parish airport. Aucoin expects to be sent by the Canadian government to some training point in the United States.
State Times Advocate (Baton Rouge, Louisiana) Tue - 18 Aug 1942 pg11
WHITNEY AUCOIN GETS RCAF WINGS
Whitney Philip Aucoin, Jr., has just received his "wings" in the Royal Canadian Air Force and is home on a brief furlough. Present at Dunnville, Ontario, Canada, for the "wings parade" last Friday was his mother, Adele Duhon Aucoin of 514 University Walk. The two returned to Baton Rouge and the son leaves shortly for a new post at Moss Point, Saskatchewan, Canada. He was here last in April 1942.
State Times Advocate (Baton Rouge, Louisiana) Mon - 2 May 1943 pg1
W P AUCOIN, JR. REPORTED MISSING IN PATROL ACTION
Whitney Philip Aucoin, Jr., son of Captain Whitney Philip Aucoin, Sr., and Adele Duhon Aucoin of 514 University Drive, is reported missing in action according to a wire received by his parents from the Royal Canadian Air Forece. The wire said simply that he failed to return from a patrol Tuesday, 27 Apr 1943. Further details were to be given soon.
Young Aucoin, a flight sergeant in the Royal Canadian Air Force, has been in service since September of 1941, having volunteered after being unable to enter the United States Air Force. Well known here where he spent most of his life, he was graduated from Catholic High school, where he served as drum major for three years. Prior to the time he left Baton Rouge, he was life guard at the City Park swimming pool.
source - https://bcam.net/wp-content/uploads/Aucoin-WP.pdf
Contains other photos of him and Details of Crash.
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