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Luis Perez Gomez

In memory of:

Flying Officer Luis Perez Gomez

June 16, 1944

Military Service

Service Number:

J/29172

Age:

21

Force:

Air Force

Unit:

Royal Canadian Air Force

Division:

443 Sqdn.

Additional Information

Born:

October 8, 1922
Guadalajara, Mexico

Enlistment:

June 30, 1942
Ottawa, Ontario

Son of Maueul and Catalina Perz Gomez of Guadalajara, Mexico.

Commemorated on Page 415 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information

Cemetery:

SASSY CHURCHYARD
Calvados, France

Grave Reference:

N/A

Location:

Sassy is a village 27 kilometres south-east of Caen, 32 kilometres south-west of Lisieux and 11 kilometres north-north-east of Falaise.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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  • Grave Marker– Headstone of F/O Luis Perez Gomez in the Churchyard in Sassy, Calvados, France.

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    Grave Marker – Headstone of F/O Luis Perez Gomez in the Churchyard in Sassy, Calvados, France.
  • Grave Marker– Headstone of F/O Luis Perez Gomez, with a Mexican flag in the Churchyard in Sassy, Calvados, France. September 2018.

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    Grave Marker – Headstone of F/O Luis Perez Gomez, with a Mexican flag in the Churchyard in Sassy, Calvados, France. September 2018.
  • Plaque– Plaque of the Luis Perez Gomez village square. Sassy, Calvados, France. September 2018.

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    Plaque – Plaque of the Luis Perez Gomez village square. Sassy, Calvados, France. September 2018.
  • Photo of LUIS PEREZ GOMEZ– Luis Perez Gomez with his comrades of the 127 sqd or No. 2 S.F.T.S., c. December 1943 or January 1944. I downloaded this photo from a logbook in https://443squadron.files.wordpress.com. It is my understanding it was posted as a homage to the members of the 443 RCAF Squadron with the intention of being shared. I also understand that the original poster, a member of the squadron, passed away.

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    Photo of LUIS PEREZ GOMEZ
    Photo of LUIS PEREZ GOMEZ – Luis Perez Gomez with his comrades of the 127 sqd or No. 2 S.F.T.S., c. December 1943 or January 1944. I downloaded this photo from a logbook in https://443squadron.files.wordpress.com. It is my understanding it was posted as a homage to the members of the 443 RCAF Squadron with the intention of being shared. I also understand that the original poster, a member of the squadron, passed away.
  • Photo of Luis Perez-Gomez– Pilot Officer Luis Perez-Gomez, 26 April 1944. He was the only Mexican national to serve and die in the Royal Canadian Air Force. Perez-Gomez was one of four Spitfire Mk.-IXBs, Blue Section of 443 "Hornet" Squadron RCAF, which were lost after an aerial battle against several German Fw-190 fighters near the French town of Sassy, Calvados, south of Caen. Only one pilot, Flight Lieutenant Donald M. Walz survived. Photo from Air Force magazine, Vol 21, No. 1, Spring 1997

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    Photo of Luis Perez-Gomez
    Photo of Luis Perez-Gomez – Pilot Officer Luis Perez-Gomez, 26 April 1944. He was the only Mexican national to serve and die in the Royal Canadian Air Force. Perez-Gomez was one of four Spitfire Mk.-IXBs, Blue Section of 443 "Hornet" Squadron RCAF, which were lost after an aerial battle against several German Fw-190 fighters near the French town of Sassy, Calvados, south of Caen. Only one pilot, Flight Lieutenant Donald M. Walz survived. Photo from Air Force magazine, Vol 21, No. 1, Spring 1997

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