Joseph was a Flight Sergeant with 428 Squadron Royal Canadian Air Force, Service No: R/94389
He was 21 years old and the son of Adrien and Gabrielle Thibaudeau, of St. Eustache, Province of Quebec, Canada.
Academic Qualifications: B.A., B.S.
F/S Thibaudeau was one of three Canadian airmen killed when their Vickers Wellington Bomber aircraft was shot down by a German night fighter over The Netherlands; the Wellington crashed in a field near the village of Wilnis. The other casualties of this incident were Warrant Officer Robert Benjamin MOULTON and Flight Sergeant Joseph WHITE.
Citation(s): F/S Thibaudeau received the following citations: 1939-45 Star, Air Crew Europe Star, War Medal, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and clasp, Air Gunner Badge awarded 21 July 1942.
Son of Dr. Adrien and Mrs. Gabrielle (née Foisy) Thibaudeau; brother of Jean Claude and Claudine Thibaudeau.
Known as 'Adrien', he enjoyed playing the piano and organ, learning languages, horseback riding, skiing, photography, music and literature. He was editor of the University of Montréal newspaper, and he spoke French, English and Spanish, wrote Greek and Latin, and read Italian and German. He held two degrees: a Bachelor of Arts (in classical studies) and a Bachelor of Science; he was a first-year law and sociology student.
He enlisted in the RCAF on 28 April 1941 in Montréal, Quebec.
F/S Joseph Evariste Adrien Thibaudeau is commemorated on Page 219 of Canada's Second World War Book of Remembrance.
He was 21 years old and the son of Adrien and Gabrielle Thibaudeau, of St. Eustache, Province of Quebec, Canada.
Academic Qualifications: B.A., B.S.
F/S Thibaudeau was one of three Canadian airmen killed when their Vickers Wellington Bomber aircraft was shot down by a German night fighter over The Netherlands; the Wellington crashed in a field near the village of Wilnis. The other casualties of this incident were Warrant Officer Robert Benjamin MOULTON and Flight Sergeant Joseph WHITE.
Citation(s): F/S Thibaudeau received the following citations: 1939-45 Star, Air Crew Europe Star, War Medal, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and clasp, Air Gunner Badge awarded 21 July 1942.
Son of Dr. Adrien and Mrs. Gabrielle (née Foisy) Thibaudeau; brother of Jean Claude and Claudine Thibaudeau.
Known as 'Adrien', he enjoyed playing the piano and organ, learning languages, horseback riding, skiing, photography, music and literature. He was editor of the University of Montréal newspaper, and he spoke French, English and Spanish, wrote Greek and Latin, and read Italian and German. He held two degrees: a Bachelor of Arts (in classical studies) and a Bachelor of Science; he was a first-year law and sociology student.
He enlisted in the RCAF on 28 April 1941 in Montréal, Quebec.
F/S Joseph Evariste Adrien Thibaudeau is commemorated on Page 219 of Canada's Second World War Book of Remembrance.
Joseph was a Flight Sergeant with 428 Squadron Royal Canadian Air Force, Service No: R/94389
He was 21 years old and the son of Adrien and Gabrielle Thibaudeau, of St. Eustache, Province of Quebec, Canada.
Academic Qualifications: B.A., B.S.
F/S Thibaudeau was one of three Canadian airmen killed when their Vickers Wellington Bomber aircraft was shot down by a German night fighter over The Netherlands; the Wellington crashed in a field near the village of Wilnis. The other casualties of this incident were Warrant Officer Robert Benjamin MOULTON and Flight Sergeant Joseph WHITE.
Citation(s): F/S Thibaudeau received the following citations: 1939-45 Star, Air Crew Europe Star, War Medal, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and clasp, Air Gunner Badge awarded 21 July 1942.
Son of Dr. Adrien and Mrs. Gabrielle (née Foisy) Thibaudeau; brother of Jean Claude and Claudine Thibaudeau.
Known as 'Adrien', he enjoyed playing the piano and organ, learning languages, horseback riding, skiing, photography, music and literature. He was editor of the University of Montréal newspaper, and he spoke French, English and Spanish, wrote Greek and Latin, and read Italian and German. He held two degrees: a Bachelor of Arts (in classical studies) and a Bachelor of Science; he was a first-year law and sociology student.
He enlisted in the RCAF on 28 April 1941 in Montréal, Quebec.
F/S Joseph Evariste Adrien Thibaudeau is commemorated on Page 219 of Canada's Second World War Book of Remembrance.
He was 21 years old and the son of Adrien and Gabrielle Thibaudeau, of St. Eustache, Province of Quebec, Canada.
Academic Qualifications: B.A., B.S.
F/S Thibaudeau was one of three Canadian airmen killed when their Vickers Wellington Bomber aircraft was shot down by a German night fighter over The Netherlands; the Wellington crashed in a field near the village of Wilnis. The other casualties of this incident were Warrant Officer Robert Benjamin MOULTON and Flight Sergeant Joseph WHITE.
Citation(s): F/S Thibaudeau received the following citations: 1939-45 Star, Air Crew Europe Star, War Medal, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and clasp, Air Gunner Badge awarded 21 July 1942.
Son of Dr. Adrien and Mrs. Gabrielle (née Foisy) Thibaudeau; brother of Jean Claude and Claudine Thibaudeau.
Known as 'Adrien', he enjoyed playing the piano and organ, learning languages, horseback riding, skiing, photography, music and literature. He was editor of the University of Montréal newspaper, and he spoke French, English and Spanish, wrote Greek and Latin, and read Italian and German. He held two degrees: a Bachelor of Arts (in classical studies) and a Bachelor of Science; he was a first-year law and sociology student.
He enlisted in the RCAF on 28 April 1941 in Montréal, Quebec.
F/S Joseph Evariste Adrien Thibaudeau is commemorated on Page 219 of Canada's Second World War Book of Remembrance.
Inscription
R94389 SERGENT DE SECTION
J.E.A. THIBAUDEAU
AIR GUNNER
ROYAL CANADIAN AIR FORCE
LE 5 MAI 1943 AGE 21
NUL N'A PLUS GRAND AMOUR
QUE CELUI-CI
DONNER SA VIE
POUR SES AMIS
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Records on Ancestry
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Geneanet Community Trees Index
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Quebec, Canada, Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection), 1621-1968
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Web: UK and Allied Countries, Index of International Bomber Command Losses, 1936-1966
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UK, Commonwealth War Graves, 1914-1921 and 1939-1947
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UK, World War II Index to Allied Airmen Roll of Honour, 1939-1945
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