My family was stationed at RCAF Grostenquin, France, in 1963. On December 30, 1963, my father Flight Lieutenant Edward John Walshe CD, was killed in the crash of a Bristol 170 Freighter at RCAF Marville, France. Also killed in the crash were Flight Lieutenant Verner Isadore Clouthier CD, Flight Lieutenant John Kenneth Hamlen, Flight Lieutenant Britton Lyall Johnston CD, Sergeant Peter Antoon George Bach CD, his wife Hazel Mary Bach, their son Donald George Bach, and the wife of Honorary Colonel Bob Middlemiss, DFC, CD, SSM.

My family was stationed at RCAF Grostenquin, France, in 1963. On December 30, 1963, my father Flight Lieutenant Edward John Walshe CD, was killed in the crash of a Bristol 170 Freighter at RCAF Marville, France. Also killed in the crash were Flight Lieutenant Verner Isadore Clouthier CD, Flight Lieutenant John Kenneth Hamlen, Flight Lieutenant Britton Lyall Johnston CD, Sergeant Peter Antoon George Bach CD, his wife Hazel Mary Bach, their son Donald George Bach, and the wife of Honorary Colonel Bob Middlemiss, DFC, CD, SSM.