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Henry Mathias Laflamme

In memory of:

Flight Lieutenant Henry Mathias Laflamme

July 30, 1944

Military Service

Service Number:

J/15983

Age:

23

Force:

Air Force

Unit:

Royal Canadian Air Force

Division:

184 (R.A.F.) Sqdn

Citation(s):

1939-1945 Star, Africa Star, France and Germany Star, Defence Medal, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and Clasp, and War Medal 1939-1945

Additional Information

Born:

June 18, 1921
Wales, Ontario

Enlistment:

November 14, 1940
Ottawa, Ontario

Son of Henry and Albertha (Poitevin) Laflamme, of Wales, Ontario.

Commemorated on Page 357 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information

Cemetery:

BRETTEVILLE-SUR-LAIZE CANADIAN WAR CEMETERY
Calvados, France

Grave Reference:

XVIII. H. 4.

Location:

This cemetery lies on the west side of the main road from Caen to Falaise (route N158) and just north of the village of Cintheaux. Bretteville-sur-Laize is a village and commune in the department of the Calvados, some 16 kilometres south of Caen. The village of Bretteville lies 3 kilometres south-west of the Cemetery. Buried here are those who died during the later stages of the battle of Normandy, the capture of Caen and the thrust southwards (led initially by the 4th Canadian and 1st Polish Armoured Divisions), to close the Falaise Gap, and thus seal off the German divisions fighting desperately to escape being trapped west of the Seine. Almost every unit of Canadian 2nd Corps is represented in the Cemetery. There are about 3,000 allied forces casualties of the Second World War commemorated in this site.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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  • Circumstances of death registers– Circumstances of crash, LAC, Ottawa

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    Circumstances of death registers – Circumstances of crash, LAC, Ottawa
  • Document– Laflamme's statement of accident at Benina Aerodrome (Benghazi), December 19. 1942. LAC, Ottawa

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    Document – Laflamme's statement of accident at Benina Aerodrome (Benghazi), December 19. 1942. LAC, Ottawa
  • Temporary Grave Marker– LAC, Ottawa

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    Temporary Grave Marker
    Temporary Grave Marker – LAC, Ottawa
  • Newspaper clipping– Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me

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    Newspaper clipping – Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
  • Photo of HENRY MATHIAS LAFLAMME– Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me

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    Photo of HENRY MATHIAS LAFLAMME
    Photo of HENRY MATHIAS LAFLAMME – Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
  • Attestation paper– Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me

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    Attestation paper
    Attestation paper – Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
  • Letter– Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me

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    Letter – Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
  • Photo of Henry LaFlamme– Flight Lieutenant Henry Mathias Laflamme. Picture taken in Cairo during Mat's first tour of duty in North Africa as a Hurricane pilot.

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    Photo of Henry LaFlamme
    Photo of Henry LaFlamme – Flight Lieutenant Henry Mathias Laflamme. Picture taken in Cairo during Mat's first tour of duty in North Africa as a Hurricane pilot.
  • Photo of Mat Laflamme

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    Photo of Mat Laflamme
    Photo of Mat Laflamme
  • Cemetery– The Bretteville-sur-Laize Canadian War Cemetery, located 20 kilometres south of Caen, France. (J. Stephens)

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    Cemetery
    Cemetery – The Bretteville-sur-Laize Canadian War Cemetery, located 20 kilometres south of Caen, France. (J. Stephens)
  • Grave Marker– A photograph of the headstone at the Bretteville-sur-Laize Canadian War Cemetery, located 20 kilometres south of Caen, France. May he rest in peace. (J. Stephens)

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    Grave Marker
    Grave Marker – A photograph of the headstone at the Bretteville-sur-Laize Canadian War Cemetery, located 20 kilometres south of Caen, France. May he rest in peace. (J. Stephens)

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