Military service
Service number:
J/29172
Age:
21
Rank:
Flying Officer
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
443 Sqdn.
Birth:
October 8, 1922
Guadalajara, Mexico
Enlistment:
June 30, 1942
Ottawa, Ontario
Death:
June 16, 1944
Burial/memorial information
Additional information
Son of Maueul and Catalina Perz Gomez of Guadalajara, Mexico.
Digital gallery of Flying Officer Luis Perez Gomez
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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. <br><i>Photo from Air Force magazine, Vol 21, No. 1, Spring 1997</i> -
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. -
Plaque
Plaque of the Luis Perez Gomez village square. Sassy, Calvados, France. September 2018. -
Grave Marker
Headstone of F/O Luis Perez Gomez, with a Mexican flag in the Churchyard in Sassy, Calvados, France. September 2018. -
Grave Marker
Headstone of F/O Luis Perez Gomez in the Churchyard in Sassy, Calvados, France.
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Luis Perez Gomez
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Luis Perez Gomez
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Luis Perez Gomez
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Luis Perez Gomez
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Luis Perez Gomez
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 415 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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SASSY CHURCHYARD Calvados, France
Sassy is a village 27 kilometres south-east of Caen, 32 kilometres south-west of Lisieux and 11 kilometres north-north-east of Falaise.
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