LaBarge, Leo John (Flight Sergeant)

Killed in Action 1942-September-30

Flight Sergeant Leo John LaBarge RCAF

Birth Date: 1922-January-03

Born: Ottawa, Ontario

Parents: Son of Charles Henry and Martha T. Labarge, of Ottawa, Ontario.

Spouse:

Home: Ottawa, Ontario

Enlistment: Ottawa, Ontario

Enlistment Date: 1940-September-06

Service

RCAF

Unit

148 (B) Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
Trusty

Base

LG 237

Rank

Flight Sergeant

Position

Air Gunner

Service Numbers

R/54491

Target
Google MapTobruk Libya
Final Burial
Google MapKnightsbridge War Cemetery
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148 Squadron (Trusty) Landing Ground 237, Wellington Ic aircraft HF 848 did not return from night operations against the dockyards in the Tobruk area, crashing some distance south of Trigh-Cepuzzo, Libya

FS LJ LaBarge (RCAF), FS TH Billingham (RAFVR), FS CA Coneybear (RAF), FS A MacLean (RAAF), FS GJ Matheson (RAAF) and Sergeant PH Wood (RAFVR) were killed

FS LaBarge was BROTHER to Pilot Officer Bernard Henry LaBarge, killed 1943-03-12 on 405 Squadron Halifax II aircraft W 7803 LQ-B over Stuttgart, Germany