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Son of Dr. M. S. Lougheed and Gladys (nee Haney) Lougheed, of Winnipeg, Manitoba. FO Ralph James Lougheed was killed in action January 7, 1945 when his Lancaster bomber crashed in the village of Hohrodberg near Munster in the Voges Mountains of France. The crash occured next to a hospital run by Protestant nuns for children with TB. One nun in particular, Ida Meiss, buried the men. Mr. and Mrs. H. Pickup, who befriended FO Lougheed while stationed near Oxford, England, visited his grave in 1946 and can be seen with Ida Meiss in one of the photographs in his collection. The Pickups gave Mrs. Gladys Lougheed the photograph and a small piece of the aircraft, years later when they emigrated to Canada. He is survived by his sister Florence and brother Lawrence.
Digital gallery of Flying Officer Ralph James Lougheed
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Ralph James Lougheed
Ralph James Lougheed of Winnipeg, Manitoba. Joined the R.C.A.F. in 1943, Age 18. This photo was taken outside our home in Winnipeg where James grew up.
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Flying Officer Ralph James Lougheed
Ralph James Lougheed, R.C.A.F. <br>
This picture was taken in England during his tour of duty.
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Ralph James Lougheed
Memorial, 1990.<br>
This picture was taken by one of my sons when he visited the area and found the local people had constructed another memorial at the site of the crash.
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Ralph James Lougheed
Mrs. Pickup and Nun Ida Meiss at gravesite, 1946.
This picture is of the first commual grave close to where the bomber crashed.The crash occured next to a hospital run by Protestant nuns for children with TB from the city of Stasbourg. One nun in particular, Ida Meiss ,buried the men. James' base was near Oxford in England and he was befriended by Mr and Mrs H Pickup and in 1946 they visited the grave site and this picture includes Mrs Pickup and Ida Meiss, Both these women coresponded with my mother for many years. The Pickups emigrated to Canada for several years before returing to England. They gave my mother the pictures and a small piece of the aircraft which I still have in my possession.
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Ralph James Lougheed
This picture was taken in 1983 when I visited the beautiful village of Hohrodberg and the town of Munster and took the picture of the final grave.
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Ralph James Lougheed
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Ralph James Lougheed
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Ralph James Lougheed
Flying Officer Ralph James Lougheed is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Ralph James Lougheed
Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Ralph James Lougheed
Flying Officer Ralph James Lougheed is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
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Ralph James Lougheed of Winnipeg, Manitoba. Joined the R.C.A.F. in 1943, Age 18. This photo was taken outside our home in Winnipeg where James grew up.
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Ralph James Lougheed, R.C.A.F. <br> This picture was taken in England during his tour of duty.
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Memorial, 1990.<br> This picture was taken by one of my sons when he visited the area and found the local people had constructed another memorial at the site of the crash.
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Mrs. Pickup and Nun Ida Meiss at gravesite, 1946. This picture is of the first commual grave close to where the bomber crashed.The crash occured next to a hospital run by Protestant nuns for children with TB from the city of Stasbourg. One nun in particular, Ida Meiss ,buried the men. James' base was near Oxford in England and he was befriended by Mr and Mrs H Pickup and in 1946 they visited the grave site and this picture includes Mrs Pickup and Ida Meiss, Both these women coresponded with my mother for many years. The Pickups emigrated to Canada for several years before returing to England. They gave my mother the pictures and a small piece of the aircraft which I still have in my possession.
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This picture was taken in 1983 when I visited the beautiful village of Hohrodberg and the town of Munster and took the picture of the final grave.
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Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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Flying Officer Ralph James Lougheed is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
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Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
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Flying Officer Ralph James Lougheed is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 535 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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MUNSTER COMMUNAL CEMETERY Haut-Rhin, France
Munster is a small town on the Colmar-Gerardmer road (N.417). The communal cemetery is on the north-eastern side of the town, on the D.10 road to Gunsbach. West of the lodge in the centre of the cemetery, and on the north-western side of the Military Plot, is the collective grave of 7 airmen. One of them belonged to the Royal Air Force and the others to the Royal Canadian Air Force.
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