Flying Officer
Merl Taz Tillotson
Royal
Canadian Air Force
Born August 18, 1929 Colchester South, Ontario, Flying Officer MT Tillotson was the son of the late Taz Thomas and Ethel Roosevelt (nee Leach) Tillotson of Harrow, Ontario.
- He enlistment in the RCAF April 9, 1954 at Windsor, Ontario
While
stationed at Marville, France,
224785 F/O MT Tillotson
was killed
during an unsuccessful ejection following
an
engine flame out during an overshoot on 28 August 1956.
His
Canadian F-86 Sabre Serial Number 23496 crashed.
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 6 Row C Grave 16
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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