Squadron
Leader C.J. DAY
Royal
Canadian Air Force
Member
of the Royal Canadian Air Force since 1948, and son
of Mr & Mrs James E.C. Day of London, England and the husband of
the former Melva Gladys Erickson and father of Anita, Patricia and
Debra.
While
stationed at Marville, France, Squadron Leader C.J. Day was killed
when his Canadian F-86 Mark VI Sabre Serial Number 23568 2 miles from
the Base on the 17th of July, 1959.
The
following is extracted from the 439 Squadron Dairy: On Friday
morning, Squadron Leader Day, flying number two on a practices
scramble, crashed on take-off and was killed. The accident took place
approximately two miles off the runway and the aircraft burned.
Squadron
Leader Day was the Commanding Officer of 439 Tiger Squadron for a
short three months at the time of his death. A native of the UK and
Squadron Leader Day was a fighter pilot in the RAF during the
Second World War flying Spitfires, Typhoons and Tempests from 1942 to
1945
Following
entry is from The
Canadian Virtual War Memorial website courtesy of the
Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
Cemetery:
CHOLOY WAR CEMETERY, France [CLICK
HERE FOR CEMETERY PLAN]
Grave Reference: Section 8 Row C Grave 1
Location: Choloy is a village and commune in the Department of the
Meurthe-et-Moselle, 28 kilometres west of Nancy and some 5 kilometres
west of Toul, a town on the N4 road from Paris to Nancy. The village
is south of the River Moselle on the minor road (D11B) from Toul to
the neighbouring village of Foug. The CHOLOY WAR CEMETERY is 3
kilometres west of Toul on the north side of the D11B road.
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