Joseph Yves Camille Charles Laflamme[1]
1922 - 1942 (20 years)-
Name Joseph Yves Camille Charles Laflamme [1, 2] Birth 3 Mar 1922 Thurso, Québec, Canada 
[1] Gender Male Occupation 5 May 1941 Ottawa, Ontario, Canada [1] Student Enlisted 8 May 1941 Ottawa, Ontario, Canada [1] Residence 8 May 1941 Ottawa, Ontario, Canada [1] Address:
134½ Nelson streetBurial 1942 Essex, United Kingdom [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] 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 Lower Town Last Modified 21 Nov 2021
Father Alban Laflamme, b. Rockland, Ontario, Canada d. Bef 21 Oct 2021 Mother Edna Mondoux, b. Thurso, Québec, Canada d. Bef 21 Oct 2021 Family ID F1325 Group Sheet | Family Chart
- Grave Reference: Plot R. Grave 12186.
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Notes - Son of Alban and Edna Laflamme, of Ottawa, Ontario. [1]
- Commemorated on Page 88 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance . Request a copy [1]
- 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]
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