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503663Privte Lucien Morin
Canadian Army Les Fusiliers Mont-Royal
I visited this web site with great interest. I was specially interested in Cpl Albert Fortin who was killed on 8/8/1944, the same day as my uncle, Pte Lucien Morin and resting also at the Bretteville-sur-Laize cemetery. It's quite possible that they were killed around the same time and place. I have researched the subject, based on family memories and documented facts. On that day, during the closing of the Falaise Gap (Operation Totalize), off-course US bombers mistakenly dropped their loads which resulted in the death of many Canadian and Polish troops.I visited the cemetery in 1963 while stationed in Germany with the RCAF, and again on a vacation to Europe in 1998. The town of May-sur-Orne was liberated by the Les Fusiliers Mont-Royal on Aug 8, 1944 and the grateful citizens erected a commemorative plaque. Information is on this web site: www.normandie44lamemoire.com
However, in 1998 we could not find it. No one we spoke to in town was aware of it, not even the town hall staff. We are returning to Europe this summer, and will have a last look for it.
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