Here is another photo from the collection of Lloyd Stanley Lafoy whose nickname was « Lucky Red ».
Sergeant F. H. « Turk » Turcotte’s crew is in Kairouan. This is the original shared by the grandson of « Lucky Red ».
I spruced it up a little…
Then a bit more by colouring it…
I still have a lot of photos from the collection, but where do I start? With this one perhaps?
Or this one?
Voici une autre photo de la collection de Lloyd Stanley Lafoy dont le surnom était « Lucky Red ».
On y voit l’équipage du sergent F. H. « Turk » Turcotte à Kairouan. C’est l’original partagée par le petit-fils de « Lucky Red ».
Je lui ai fait une petite beauté en noir et blanc…
Puis une autre cette fois en la colorisant…
J’ai encore beaucoup de photos de la collection, mais par quoi et par où commencer? Par ceci peut-être?
Ou par celle-là?
The history of the Alouettes continues to be written…
Here’s a photo of Lloyd Stanley Lafoy’s collection. It was shared by his grandson earlier. Lloyd Stanley Lafoy’s nickname was « Lucky Red ».
Lloyd Stanley Lafoy was a rear gunner with the Alouettes, then, according to his grandson, he was transferred to the 426 Thunderbirds squadron.
His log book having been lost, I cannot validate this. What I do know is that Sergeant Turcotte was his pilot. Lucky Red identified him and his crew in this photo taken in 1943 in Tunisia.
Sergeant Turcotte survived the war because his name does not appear in the Canadian Virtual War Memorial. For now I cannot find any reference to him anywhere else except on Richard Koval’s Bomber Group 6 website.
What makes the search more difficult is that there was a second Turcotte with the Alouettes who flew in 1945.
This is another photo from Lucky’s collection. The airmen have also been identified.
His grandson identified the crew members.
From left to right Richard « Spud » Talmann (pilot – shot down on a Dickie trip in Happy Valley), Jack Stokes (bomb aimer), Larry Ford (navigator), « Lucky », Murray Tupper.
This was his first crew and they all survived but Spud.
To be continued later…
L’histoire des Alouettes continue de s’écrire…
Voici une photo de la collection de Lloyd Stanley Lafoy. Elle a été partagé par son petit-fils hier. Lloyd Stanley Lafoy portait le surnom « Lucky Red ».
Lloyd Stanley Lafoy était rear gunner avec les Alouettes, puis, selon son petit-fils, il aurait été transféré à l’escadron 426 Thunderbird.
Son log book ayant été perdu, je ne peux donc valider ceci. Ce que je sais par contre, c’est que le sergent Turcotte était son pilote. Lucky Red l’a identifié avec son équipage sur cette photo prise en 1943 en Tunisie.
De gauche à droite nous voyons le bomb aimer Jack Stocke, « Lucky », le pilote « Turk » Turcotte, le mitrailleur sans-filiste Murray Tupper et le navigateur Larry Ford .
Le sergent Turcotte a survécu à la guerre, car son nom n’apparait pas dans le Mémorial virtuel de guerre du Canada. Je ne trouve aucune référence ailleurs sur lui sauf sur le site Bomber Group 6 de Richard Koval.
Ce qui rend difficile la recherche, c’est qu’il y a eu un deuxième Turcotte avec les Alouettes qui lui, a volé en 1945.
Nous avons ici une autre photo de la collection de Lucky. Ils ont aussi été identifiés.
Son petit-fils m’a identifié les membres de l’équipage.
From left to right Richard “Spud” Talmann (pilot – shot down on a Dickie trip in Happy Valley), Jack Stokes (bomb aimer), Larry Ford (navigator), Lucky, Murray Tupper.
This was his first crew and they all survived but Spud.
À suivre…
Lucky Lafoy’s grandson wrote this on a Facebook group page. He had mentioned my name and this is how I got a notification…
This is my Grandfather, Lloyd « Lucky Red » Stanley Lafoy, he was a member of the 425 Alouette and later the Thunderbird Squadrons. He was a tail gunner. He passed last year but left me many photos which I will upload once I have scanned them all.
He survived 35 missions, which is how he earned his nickname, crashing once in England upon return from a mission over Germany. He wrote the story down before passing but it needs some editing. It is quite a tale.
He wore a scarf every mission as well given to him by an English lass who he found living in Florida via Facebook when he was 95. His pilot wouldn’t take off unless he had the scarf, sending him back to the barracks once to get it.
The third photo I found through Pierre Lagacé years ago of him shaking hands with the Prime Minister before their mission. We showed him this photo several years ago which he got quite a kick out of.
Needless to say he didn’t talk a lot about the war until he got older but he had a sister and 3 brothers who all served in various ways.
Che Lafoy had shared these photos of his grandfather on Facebook and gave me permission to share them here.
Je te plumerai
Lloyd « Lucky Red » Stanley Lafoy
« Lucky Red » in Tunis
« Lucky Red » with his crew
« Lucky Red » either at Dishforth or Tholthorpe
« Lucky Red » sharing hands with the Prime Minister
« Lucky Red » with a friend after the war
Remembering « Lucky Red »
RCAF 425 Alouettes III 