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Military service
Service number:
J/16635
Age:
28
Rank:
Pilot Officer
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
405 Sqdn.
Birth:
January 11, 1915
Ottawa, Ontario
Enlistment:
December 6, 1940
Montreal, Québec
Death:
March 12, 1943
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Coll. grave 1-5.
Additional information
Son of Charles Henry and Martha T. Labarge (1947 National Memorial (Silver) Cross Mother), of Ottawa, Ontario.
His brother Leo John Labarge was killed in action on September 30, 1942 while serving with the Royal Canadian Air Force.
Digital gallery of Pilot Officer Bernard Henry Labarge
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Newspaper Clipping
From the Ottawa Citizen. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Newspaper Clipping
From the Ottawa Citizen. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Photo of Bernard Labarge
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Grave marker
The original gravesite of Bernard Henry Labarge and his fellow airmen in 1945 at La Malmaison, France. <P> Pilot Officer Bernard (“Bern”) Labarge was second Pilot on a bombing mission over Germany on the night of March 12, 1943. Flying with the 405th Squadron, the mission was completed successfully but the returning airplanes came under heavy enemy fire. Pilot/Officer Labarge’s airplane wreckage was discovered in France near the town of Aisne where he and his five fellow airmen were discovered and buried by the local townsfolk. -
Photo of BERNARD HENRY LABARGE
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Photo of BERNARD HENRY LABARGE
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
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Newspaper Clipping
Mrs Martha Labarge Silver Cross Mother 1947. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper Clipping
Remembered on the pages of the Ottawa Journal. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper Clipping
Remembered on the pages of the Ottawa Journal. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper Clipping
Remembered on the pages of the Ottawa Journal. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Memorial
Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Pilot Officer Bernard Henry Labarge is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Pilot Officer Bernard Henry Labarge is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star October 1941. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Memorial
Remembering brothers lost … Brothers In Arms Memorial, Zonnebeke, BE … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Bernard Henry Labarge
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Bernard Henry Labarge
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Bernard Henry Labarge
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Bernard Henry Labarge
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Bernard Henry Labarge
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Bernard Henry Labarge
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Bernard Henry Labarge
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Bernard Henry Labarge
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Bernard Henry Labarge
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 178 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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LA MALMAISON COMMUNAL CEMETERY Aisne, France
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