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Tayar, Jacques

Date of birth:
July 21st, 1915 (Paris, France)
Date of death:
December 18th, 1943 (Royal West Sussex hospital)
Buried on:
Brookwood Military Cemetery
Nationality:
French (1870-present, Republic)

Biography

When he returned to England on December 17th, 1943 with Westland Lysander V9674, MA-K, No. 161 Squadron the aircraft crashed at 04.00 hrs near Littlehampton, Sussex. The Pilot, Flight Lieutenant Steven Alers Hankey and both passengers, Albert Kohan en Jacques Tayar, were killed.

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Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Compagnon
Awarded on:
May 4th, 1944

Posthumously awarded
l' Ordre de la Libération
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
July 1943
2 citations
Croix de Guerre (1939-1945)

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