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 