Choloy, France

1953 – 3 Wing – Assorted Sources

Details:

8 May 1953 - LAC JCAG Furois

Comments by Ren L'Ecuyer:

It has been determined that RCAF military personnel who died in Europe between 1952 and the fall of 1954 were initially buried at Chambiere French National Cemetery in Metz. Regretably, the number of RCAF burials during this time period outstripped the capacity to accommodate them at Chambiere, and as a result, remains were exhumed and moved to the expanded RCAF military cemetery at Choloy (circa September 1954).

Official records indicate that LAC JCAG Furois from 3 Wing, Zweibrucken Germany, was the first RCAF casualty in post war Europe.


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  1. LAC JCAG Furois grave marker at Choloy - February 2001.
    Courtesy Michael Cromarty.

  2. LAC JCAG Furois grave marker at Choloy - February 2001.
    Courtesy Michael Cromarty.

  3. F/O Eakins at a wreath laying ceremony at Chambiere cemetery - 11 October 1953.
    Courtesy Canadian Forces Joint Imagery Centre PL-80542.

  4. Larger image of the temporary grave markers at Chambiere cemetery - 11 October 1953.
    Temporary grave marker for LAC JCAG Furois at the far left of this photo.
    Courtesy Canadian Forces Joint Imagery Centre PL-80542.

  5. Temporary grave markers at Chambiere cemetery - 11 June 1953.
    Courtesy National Archives of Canada.


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