Son of Felix and Alice H. Delhaye; husband of Doreenie Delhaye, of Vancouver, British Columbia.
Roger Amédée DELHAYE (Roger Amedee Delhaye) was born on January 9, 1890, in Châlons-en-Champagne (formerly Châlons-sur-Marne), Marne, France.
He was the son of Félix Antoine Adolphe DELHAYE, a career army captain and Alice Harriet GILLOTT (Alice H. Delhaye).
His mother is buried in the same cemetery.
Jean-Luc Coubronne, Pas-de-Calais, France
Contributor: Jean-Luc Coubronne (48260254)∼World War I Flying Ace. Born in Chalons-sur-Marne, France, to French and English parents, he was educated at the University of Paris before immigrating to Canada. After his arrival in Canada he settled in Regina, Saskatchewan, around 1910, and became a British subject four years later. At the outbreak of the First World War, Del'Haye joined the Royal Flying Corps and served with the No. 13 Squadron as a Reconnaissance Experimental 8 (RE8) and Bristol BE2 pilot between April 1916 and May 1917. In May 1918, he was reassigned to the No. 19 Squadron as a Sopwith Dolphin pilot, and by June he had his first air victory when he shot down a Fokker Dr. I aircraft. Over the next few months he went onto score several more air victories, shooting down a total of eight Pfalz Scout airplanes. He was soon promoted to Flight Commander. After the war, he worked at a series of civilian jobs but by the 1930s he was commanding the Royal Canadian Air Force No. 20 Reserve Squadron. During World War II, he commanded a flying boat squadron on the Pacific coast and a bombing and gunnery school located in Dafoe, Saskatchewan. By 1944, he had achieved the rank of Air Commodore, but he was killed on November 18th while flying a Harvard Trainer airplane which crashed shortly after takeoff near Montreal. He was buried in Regina. For his military services he was awarded the Belgian Croix de Guerre and the Distinguished Flying Cross.
Roger Amédée DELHAYE (Roger Amedee Delhaye) was born on January 9, 1890, in Châlons-en-Champagne (formerly Châlons-sur-Marne), Marne, France.
He was the son of Félix Antoine Adolphe DELHAYE, a career army captain and Alice Harriet GILLOTT (Alice H. Delhaye).
His mother is buried in the same cemetery.
Jean-Luc Coubronne, Pas-de-Calais, France
Contributor: Jean-Luc Coubronne (48260254)∼World War I Flying Ace. Born in Chalons-sur-Marne, France, to French and English parents, he was educated at the University of Paris before immigrating to Canada. After his arrival in Canada he settled in Regina, Saskatchewan, around 1910, and became a British subject four years later. At the outbreak of the First World War, Del'Haye joined the Royal Flying Corps and served with the No. 13 Squadron as a Reconnaissance Experimental 8 (RE8) and Bristol BE2 pilot between April 1916 and May 1917. In May 1918, he was reassigned to the No. 19 Squadron as a Sopwith Dolphin pilot, and by June he had his first air victory when he shot down a Fokker Dr. I aircraft. Over the next few months he went onto score several more air victories, shooting down a total of eight Pfalz Scout airplanes. He was soon promoted to Flight Commander. After the war, he worked at a series of civilian jobs but by the 1930s he was commanding the Royal Canadian Air Force No. 20 Reserve Squadron. During World War II, he commanded a flying boat squadron on the Pacific coast and a bombing and gunnery school located in Dafoe, Saskatchewan. By 1944, he had achieved the rank of Air Commodore, but he was killed on November 18th while flying a Harvard Trainer airplane which crashed shortly after takeoff near Montreal. He was buried in Regina. For his military services he was awarded the Belgian Croix de Guerre and the Distinguished Flying Cross.
Son of Felix and Alice H. Delhaye; husband of Doreenie Delhaye, of Vancouver, British Columbia.
Roger Amédée DELHAYE (Roger Amedee Delhaye) was born on January 9, 1890, in Châlons-en-Champagne (formerly Châlons-sur-Marne), Marne, France.
He was the son of Félix Antoine Adolphe DELHAYE, a career army captain and Alice Harriet GILLOTT (Alice H. Delhaye).
His mother is buried in the same cemetery.
Jean-Luc Coubronne, Pas-de-Calais, France
Contributor: Jean-Luc Coubronne (48260254)∼World War I Flying Ace. Born in Chalons-sur-Marne, France, to French and English parents, he was educated at the University of Paris before immigrating to Canada. After his arrival in Canada he settled in Regina, Saskatchewan, around 1910, and became a British subject four years later. At the outbreak of the First World War, Del'Haye joined the Royal Flying Corps and served with the No. 13 Squadron as a Reconnaissance Experimental 8 (RE8) and Bristol BE2 pilot between April 1916 and May 1917. In May 1918, he was reassigned to the No. 19 Squadron as a Sopwith Dolphin pilot, and by June he had his first air victory when he shot down a Fokker Dr. I aircraft. Over the next few months he went onto score several more air victories, shooting down a total of eight Pfalz Scout airplanes. He was soon promoted to Flight Commander. After the war, he worked at a series of civilian jobs but by the 1930s he was commanding the Royal Canadian Air Force No. 20 Reserve Squadron. During World War II, he commanded a flying boat squadron on the Pacific coast and a bombing and gunnery school located in Dafoe, Saskatchewan. By 1944, he had achieved the rank of Air Commodore, but he was killed on November 18th while flying a Harvard Trainer airplane which crashed shortly after takeoff near Montreal. He was buried in Regina. For his military services he was awarded the Belgian Croix de Guerre and the Distinguished Flying Cross.
Roger Amédée DELHAYE (Roger Amedee Delhaye) was born on January 9, 1890, in Châlons-en-Champagne (formerly Châlons-sur-Marne), Marne, France.
He was the son of Félix Antoine Adolphe DELHAYE, a career army captain and Alice Harriet GILLOTT (Alice H. Delhaye).
His mother is buried in the same cemetery.
Jean-Luc Coubronne, Pas-de-Calais, France
Contributor: Jean-Luc Coubronne (48260254)∼World War I Flying Ace. Born in Chalons-sur-Marne, France, to French and English parents, he was educated at the University of Paris before immigrating to Canada. After his arrival in Canada he settled in Regina, Saskatchewan, around 1910, and became a British subject four years later. At the outbreak of the First World War, Del'Haye joined the Royal Flying Corps and served with the No. 13 Squadron as a Reconnaissance Experimental 8 (RE8) and Bristol BE2 pilot between April 1916 and May 1917. In May 1918, he was reassigned to the No. 19 Squadron as a Sopwith Dolphin pilot, and by June he had his first air victory when he shot down a Fokker Dr. I aircraft. Over the next few months he went onto score several more air victories, shooting down a total of eight Pfalz Scout airplanes. He was soon promoted to Flight Commander. After the war, he worked at a series of civilian jobs but by the 1930s he was commanding the Royal Canadian Air Force No. 20 Reserve Squadron. During World War II, he commanded a flying boat squadron on the Pacific coast and a bombing and gunnery school located in Dafoe, Saskatchewan. By 1944, he had achieved the rank of Air Commodore, but he was killed on November 18th while flying a Harvard Trainer airplane which crashed shortly after takeoff near Montreal. He was buried in Regina. For his military services he was awarded the Belgian Croix de Guerre and the Distinguished Flying Cross.
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