Fight Lieutenant Joseph Omer "Trottle" Levesque

Born: May 21, 1920
Died: June 2, 2006
Place of Birth: Mont-Joli, Quebec

• In early years, Omer Levesque wasn't interested in the RCAF because he felt it was an English-speaking institution.

• Levesque joined the militia in Mount Joli and rose rapidly to the rank of Lieutenant.

• He then enrolled at Ottawa University, the first bilingual university in Canada.

• He joined the RCAF in 1940 taking his flight training in Manitoba.

• Entering active battle over France in 1941, Omer Levesque soon had his first confirmed kill and was promoted to Flight Sergeant.

• In 1942, he was sent on regular Channel crossings as a commissioned Flying Officer.

• He was shot down over the Channel and captured and spent the last three years of the war in Stalag Luft III.

• After the war, Omer Levesque re-enlisted in the RCAF and completed a degree program at McGill University.

• He spent time with the 410 Squadron's aerobatic team called the Blue Devils.

• As a Flight Lieutenant of the USAF/RCAF exchange program, he found himself as the first Canadian to perform perform combat over Korea.

• Levesque was the first Commonwealth pilot to shoot down a MiG 15 aircraft.

• Omer Levesque received the US Air Medal, the US Distinguished Flying Cross, and the Queen's Coronation Medal.

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