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Joseph Yves Camille Charles Laflamme

Joseph Yves Camille Charles Laflamme[1]

Male 1922 - 1942  (20 years)

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  • Name Joseph Yves Camille Charles Laflamme  [1, 2
    Birth 3 Mar 1922  Thurso, Québec, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Gender Male 
    Occupation 5 May 1941  Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Student 
    Enlisted 8 May 1941  Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Residence 8 May 1941  Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Address:
    134½ Nelson street 
    Burial 1942  Essex, United Kingdom Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Address:
    SOUTHEND-ON-SEA (SUTTON ROAD) CEMETERY 
    • Grave Reference: Plot R. Grave 12186.

      Southend-on-Sea (Sutton Road) Cemetery is north of the town's northern by-pass (the A1159) and east of the railway line heading for Rochford.
      Historical Information
      This cemetery contains 127 Commonwealth burials of the 1914-18 war and 152 burials of the 1939-45 war, including 1 unidentified seaman of the Merchant Navy. In addition there are 4 Foreign National war burials here. There are 2 small Screen Wall memorial panels naming those of the 1914-1918 war whose graves are not marked by headstones.
    Death 16 Nov 1942  [1
    Camille Laflamme 126124 mem card.jpg
    Joseph Yves Camille Charles Laflamme
    Obittuary Aft 16 Nov 1942 
    Fact # 425 Alouette Squadron (Je Te Plumerai)  [1
    Fact Air Force  [1
    Fact Flight Sergeant 
    Fact R/96120  [1
    Fact Royal Canadian Air Force 
    Fact 1944 
    Person ID I126124  Lowertown
    Last Modified 21 Nov 2021 

    Father Alban Laflamme,   b. Rockland, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Bef 21 Oct 2021 
    Mother Edna Mondoux,   b. Thurso, Québec, Canada Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Bef 21 Oct 2021 
    Family ID F1325  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Son of Alban and Edna Laflamme, of Ottawa, Ontario. [1]
    • Commemorated on of the Second World War Book of Remembrance .
    • Camille Laflamme, who joined the RCAF in May 1941, was one of the crew of five – pilot, flight engineer, navigator/ bomb aimer, and front and rear gunners – in a two-motor Wellington bomber; he held the position of navigator/bomber. Returning from their fourth bombing mission over Germany, while completing their crossing of the English Channel, they were spotted and shot down by a German fighter plane; their plane lacked the evasion capacity and the power to defend itself against the enemy fighters. Camille’s plane made it to England and crashed near South End on Sea, killing all five. The Wellington bombers – nicknamed “flying coffins” – were replaced one or two months later by the four-engine Avro Lancaster bombers with a crew of seven: pilot, flight engineer, navigator, wireless operator, bomb aimer, and mid and upper gunners.
      Camille’s father, after Camille’s death, went to see Air Marshall Bradley, to pull out his other son Jacques Laflamme – Service number R82941 (he had joined the RCAF on February 17 1941) – and transfered him in a passionate posting for twelve months, given that he had the right to do so when a member of the family is killed in action. Camille’s death may have saved Jacques and permitted Jacques to continue his legacy of children and grand-children. [1]

  • Sources 
    1. [S3438] (Reliability: 3).
      The Canadian Virtual War Memorial (CVWM)

    2. [S3629] (Reliability: 3).