Richard Audet information

Richard Audet

DFC*
Richard Audet; DFC*
	Enlisting photo
Birth name	Richard Joseph Audet
Nickname(s)	"Dick"
Born	13 March 1922; Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada
Died	3 March 1945 (aged 22); Coesfeld, Nazi Germany
Allegiance	Canada
Service/branch	Royal Canadian Air Force
Years of service	1941 – 1945
Rank	Flight lieutenant
Service number	J/20136
Battles/wars	World War II Air campaigns: European air campaign; Ground campaigns: Western Front Western Allied invasion of Germany †; ;
Awards	Distinguished Flying Cross & Bar

Richard Joseph "Dick" Audet DFC* (13 March 1922 – 3 March 1945) was a Canadian fighter pilot ace during World War II. In his first contact with enemy aircraft on 29 December 1944 he destroyed five planes. By the end of January 1945 he had claimed a further five victories and shared a sixth.^[1] He was killed in action on 3 March 1945 near Coesfeld, Germany.^[2]

^ Thuring, Joop T. "Respect Calls for Thoroughness Digging Into the Story of Flt/Lt "Dick" Audet". The Spitfire Site. Martin Waligorski. Retrieved 23 August 2015.
^ "Richard Joseph Audet". The Canadian Virtual War Memorial. Government of Canada. Retrieved 23 August 2015.

[respect-1] Thuring, Joop T. "Respect Calls for Thoroughness Digging Into the Story of Flt/Lt "Dick" Audet". The Spitfire Site. Martin Waligorski. Retrieved 23 August 2015.

[cvwm-2] "Richard Joseph Audet". The Canadian Virtual War Memorial. Government of Canada. Retrieved 23 August 2015.

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