Flying Officer James Mcveigh (MAC) FLOOD
1922 - 1944 (22 years)-
Name James Mcveigh (MAC) FLOOD Title Flying Officer Birth 19 Jun 1922 Cochrane, Ontario, Canada [1] Gender Male Death 26 Aug 1944 Dieppe, France Burial Dieppe Canadian War Cemetery, France Person ID I704 Descendants of Tobias KELLY Last Modified 19 Jun 2012
Father James Michael FLOOD, b. 30 Jun 1889, Mara Twp. Ontario Co. North, Ont. d. 15 Oct 1955, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (Age 66 years) Mother Nora Irene MCDONNELL, b. 15 May 1893, Rama Twp., Ontario Co. North, Ontario d. 18 Oct 1963, Stratford, Perth County, Ontario, (Age 70 years) Marriage 02 Jul 1917 St. Anthony's Church, Toronto Ont. [2] Family ID F130 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Notes - Flying Officer, James McVeigh Flood, was known as Mac. While in the RCAF, in WWII, his plane was shot down, over France, at a small town called Aufe. The local mayor a man named Bataille, helped resue his body before the plane burned and buried James in the mayor's family plot. In the early 50's his remains were transferred to the air force cemetery, near Dieppe, in the Dieppe Canadian War Cemetery, (Hautot-Sur-Mer) , in Seine-Maritime, France. His service number was J/35208, and he was a pilot in the 421st. Sqdn.
His name appears on the Cenotpath, in Hearst, Ontario, where he was raised.
- Flying Officer, James McVeigh Flood, was known as Mac. While in the RCAF, in WWII, his plane was shot down, over France, at a small town called Aufe. The local mayor a man named Bataille, helped resue his body before the plane burned and buried James in the mayor's family plot. In the early 50's his remains were transferred to the air force cemetery, near Dieppe, in the Dieppe Canadian War Cemetery, (Hautot-Sur-Mer) , in Seine-Maritime, France. His service number was J/35208, and he was a pilot in the 421st. Sqdn.
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Sources - [S22] Archives of Ont. --Deaths, MS944_6, 704397.
Flood, James McViegh , Pilot R.C.A.F, born June 19, 1922, date of death; Aug. 26, 1944. presumed killed during air operations, reconnsisance flight, over France. Biville la Baignard near Rouyn. - [S27] archives of Ont. --marriages, MS932_409.
Irene Norah McDonnell, age 24, of Toronto, born Uptergrove, daug. of Michael McDonnell & Margaret Moffatt, married Michael James Flood, age 28, mechanic, of Cochrane Ont., born Uptergrove, Ont. s/o Michael Flood & Rose Ann McVeigh July 2, 1917
- [S22] Archives of Ont. --Deaths, MS944_6, 704397.