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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.
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Pilot Officer Bernard Henry Labarge
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.
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From the Ottawa Citizen. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me
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From the Ottawa Citizen. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me
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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.
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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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Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
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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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Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
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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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Mrs Martha Labarge Silver Cross Mother 1947. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
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Remembered on the pages of the Ottawa Journal. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
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Remembered on the pages of the Ottawa Journal. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
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Remembered on the pages of the Ottawa Journal. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
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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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Pilot Officer Bernard Henry Labarge is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
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Pilot Officer Bernard Henry Labarge is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
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From the Toronto Star October 1941. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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Remembering brothers lost … Brothers In Arms Memorial, Zonnebeke, BE … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022
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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