161 Squadron's Handley Page Halifax V (#DK119) bomber aircraft, with an aircrew of nine, took off at night from RAF Tempsford on Special Operations Executive (SOE)—Operation "Mistral 3/ Princesse" and Operation "Tomcodio", the drop zone being at St-Sauvier in France. DK119 was over the drop-off zone when a engine stalled and it crashed near le Boucheroux, on the NE outskirts of St-Sauvier. Air Gunner Pilot Officer Lavallée was the only airmen who lost his life in the crash. Three airmen were captured, interned in German POW camps; five others were successful in evading capture.Louis Max Lavallee was born on January 23, 1920 in Morinville, Alberta, Canada. He died near St-Sauvier, Allier, France as a result of the crash of the Halifax bomber in which he was flying.
Military Service-
Rank: Pilot Officer
Trade: Air Gunner
Service Number: J/18759
Age: 23
Force: Air Force
Unit: Royal Canadian Air Force
Division: 161 RAF Squadron; RAF Tempsford, Bedfordshire
(Motto: Per purum tonantes ['Thundering through the clear air'])
A house painter by trade, residing on 108 Avenue in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, he enlisted in the RCAF on 29 June 1940 in Edmonton.
Son of Francis Octave and of Leonie/Ninette (née Duvernois) Lavallée of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada [father born in Edmonton; mother born in France]; brother of one sister and eight brothers.
Pilot Officer Louis Max Lavallée is commemorated on Page 180 of Canada's Second World War Book of Remembrance.
He is also commemorated by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
Military Service-
Rank: Pilot Officer
Trade: Air Gunner
Service Number: J/18759
Age: 23
Force: Air Force
Unit: Royal Canadian Air Force
Division: 161 RAF Squadron; RAF Tempsford, Bedfordshire
(Motto: Per purum tonantes ['Thundering through the clear air'])
A house painter by trade, residing on 108 Avenue in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, he enlisted in the RCAF on 29 June 1940 in Edmonton.
Son of Francis Octave and of Leonie/Ninette (née Duvernois) Lavallée of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada [father born in Edmonton; mother born in France]; brother of one sister and eight brothers.
Pilot Officer Louis Max Lavallée is commemorated on Page 180 of Canada's Second World War Book of Remembrance.
He is also commemorated by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
161 Squadron's Handley Page Halifax V (#DK119) bomber aircraft, with an aircrew of nine, took off at night from RAF Tempsford on Special Operations Executive (SOE)—Operation "Mistral 3/ Princesse" and Operation "Tomcodio", the drop zone being at St-Sauvier in France. DK119 was over the drop-off zone when a engine stalled and it crashed near le Boucheroux, on the NE outskirts of St-Sauvier. Air Gunner Pilot Officer Lavallée was the only airmen who lost his life in the crash. Three airmen were captured, interned in German POW camps; five others were successful in evading capture.Louis Max Lavallee was born on January 23, 1920 in Morinville, Alberta, Canada. He died near St-Sauvier, Allier, France as a result of the crash of the Halifax bomber in which he was flying.
Military Service-
Rank: Pilot Officer
Trade: Air Gunner
Service Number: J/18759
Age: 23
Force: Air Force
Unit: Royal Canadian Air Force
Division: 161 RAF Squadron; RAF Tempsford, Bedfordshire
(Motto: Per purum tonantes ['Thundering through the clear air'])
A house painter by trade, residing on 108 Avenue in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, he enlisted in the RCAF on 29 June 1940 in Edmonton.
Son of Francis Octave and of Leonie/Ninette (née Duvernois) Lavallée of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada [father born in Edmonton; mother born in France]; brother of one sister and eight brothers.
Pilot Officer Louis Max Lavallée is commemorated on Page 180 of Canada's Second World War Book of Remembrance.
He is also commemorated by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
Military Service-
Rank: Pilot Officer
Trade: Air Gunner
Service Number: J/18759
Age: 23
Force: Air Force
Unit: Royal Canadian Air Force
Division: 161 RAF Squadron; RAF Tempsford, Bedfordshire
(Motto: Per purum tonantes ['Thundering through the clear air'])
A house painter by trade, residing on 108 Avenue in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, he enlisted in the RCAF on 29 June 1940 in Edmonton.
Son of Francis Octave and of Leonie/Ninette (née Duvernois) Lavallée of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada [father born in Edmonton; mother born in France]; brother of one sister and eight brothers.
Pilot Officer Louis Max Lavallée is commemorated on Page 180 of Canada's Second World War Book of Remembrance.
He is also commemorated by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
Inscription
Epitaph...
FILS BIEN-AIME
DE F.O. ET LEONIE LAVALLEE,
VANCOUVER, CANADA.
R.I.P.
(translation: BELOVED SON
OF F.O. AND LEONIE LAVALLEE,
VANCOUVER, CANADA.
R.I.P.)
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