Joseph Kevin De Roek
Service number
126151
Military unit
60 OTU Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Address
Unknown
Date of birth
Date of death
17 Jun 1944 (24 years old)
Place of birth
Unknown
Employment, education or hobbies
Unknown
- Family History
- Military history
- Extra information
- Photographs
Family history
Son of Theophilis Everard De Roeck and Mary De Roeck.
Military history
NOTTINGHAM SOUTHERN CEMETERY Sec. T.25. Grave 57B.
On a night exercise from High Ercall in Shropshire, Mosquito FB.VI HJ767 experienced engine trouble and circled Newton village before trying to land in fields to the west. On crashing both crew were killed and the aircraft burnt out. De Roek was the pilot.
Extra information
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Photographs
Joseph Kevin De Roek & His Mother
Photo: Courtesy of Facebook
Joseph Kevin De Roek's CWGC headstone at Nottingham Southern Cemetery (Wilford Hill)
Photo: David Nunn