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Royal Canadian Air Force
Joseph Brissenden
Joseph Brissenden
Sergeant
Service Number: R/65055
Royal Canadian Air Force
Died: May 15, 1941
Age: 23
Born in Halifax, Nova Scotia, on July 25, 1917.
Sergeant Brissenden enlisted on June 4, 1940 and went
overseas to the United Kingdom on January 14, 1941. He
was assigned to Training Wing, No 20 Operational Training
Unit at RAF Lossiemouth, on March 15, 1941.
On May 15, 1941 Sergeant Brissenden was an observer
pupil on Anson I R3437 aircraft with a crew of six, when
the aircraft was caught in an electrical storm and crashed
three miles south of Baniff, Scotland. All members of the
were killed.
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