FLOHIMONT, Louis-Victor
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rank: P/Ostatus: kia
airforce: RAF (no: 138679 )
born: 1920-11-25 Ougrée Belgium
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Louis Victor Flohimont joined 123 Squadron on 1st October 1941 - 54 Squadron on 1st April 1942 - 350 Squadron on 5th July 1942
22-Jan 1943
FLOHIMONT, LOUIS VICTOR (138679) RAFVR; age: 23
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He was killed whilst flying in Spitfire VB, AR592 of No 350 Sqn, which was shot down by Fw 190s during Circus 253. He is commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial
From the 350 (BE) SQN site
Louise-Victor "Whisky" Flohimont was born on 25 November 1920 at Sclessin. A Pupil Pilot before the war, he evaded with FlyingSchool from Oujda, Morocco to England - where he arrived on 5 August 1940. He enlisted into the Belgian Section of the RAF on 13 August 1940. Sent to EFTS-Odihamwith the rank of LAC on 2 November 1940, to the SFTS on 15 May 1941 (with a promotion to Sergeant on 19 August 1941). The next day he went to the OTU. Postedto 123 Sqn on 1 October 1941. On 2 May 1942, Flohimont joined 54 Sqn; moving to 350 Sqn on5 June 1942. He was promoted to F/Sgt on 1 August 1942 and commissioned (P/O) on 3 December the same year. The Squadron diary notes the following:
30/06/1942 - The squadron is completed by J. Rigole arriving from the OTU. L. Flohimont and H. Marchal saw their transfer from 123 (East India) Squadron as did P. Arend who arrived from 325 Squadron. Van Moffaert left the squadron joining Training Command. The Squadron moved to Gravesend.
19/08/1942 - Dieppe: 1st mission: take off at 07.20 a.m. Above Dieppe 350 Squadron met a dozen Fw-190, resulting in a destroyed Fw-190 for the "Duke", a shared for H. Picard and E. Plas and a damaged one for L. Flohimont. H. Marchal was hit and had to bale out and was made a POW. The second sortie which took off at 11 a.m. was also successful: 3 Fw-190 destroyed (F. Venesoen, A. Boussa and R. Alexandre) and 4 and 1 shared damaged (F. Boute: 1 and 1 shared with G. Seydel and A. Boussa, R. Alexandre and the "Duke", each damaged one).The third mission at 12.20 p.m. saw a Ju-88 destroyed in co-operation by H. Smets, F. Boute, A. Plisnier and J. Van Leerberghe. The last mission of the day saw 12 Spitfires taking off at 15.15 and again the squadron were successful with 2 Fw-190 destroyed (F. Venesoen and A. Plisnier) and 4 Fw-190 and one Do-217 damaged (G. Seydel, L. Flohimont, E. Plas, R. Alexandre and J. Van Leerberghe).
22/01/1943 - Circus 253: Escort of 12 Boston's to St-Omer: An engagement with Fw-190’s resulted in 1 destroyed for R. Alexandre and a probable for A. Plisnier. Unfortunately L. Flohimont was shot down by Major Wilhelm-Ferdinand "Wutz" Galland of II./JG26 and KIA.
As noted above, Louis Flohimont was killed in combat on 22 January 1943
Known awards
Knight's Cross in the Order of Leopold with Palm, Belgian Croix de Guerre 1940 with Palm
His claims in combat are :
19/09/1942 1 FW-190 Damaged Dieppe (Operation Jubilé)
19/09/1942 1 FW-190 Damaged Dieppe (Operation Jubilé)
ASD update 2 May 2026
22-Jan 1943
FLOHIMONT, LOUIS VICTOR (138679) RAFVR; age: 23
Plt Off
He was killed whilst flying in Spitfire VB, AR592 of No 350 Sqn, which was shot down by Fw 190s during Circus 253. He is commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial
From the 350 (BE) SQN site
Louise-Victor "Whisky" Flohimont was born on 25 November 1920 at Sclessin. A Pupil Pilot before the war, he evaded with FlyingSchool from Oujda, Morocco to England - where he arrived on 5 August 1940. He enlisted into the Belgian Section of the RAF on 13 August 1940. Sent to EFTS-Odihamwith the rank of LAC on 2 November 1940, to the SFTS on 15 May 1941 (with a promotion to Sergeant on 19 August 1941). The next day he went to the OTU. Postedto 123 Sqn on 1 October 1941. On 2 May 1942, Flohimont joined 54 Sqn; moving to 350 Sqn on5 June 1942. He was promoted to F/Sgt on 1 August 1942 and commissioned (P/O) on 3 December the same year. The Squadron diary notes the following:
30/06/1942 - The squadron is completed by J. Rigole arriving from the OTU. L. Flohimont and H. Marchal saw their transfer from 123 (East India) Squadron as did P. Arend who arrived from 325 Squadron. Van Moffaert left the squadron joining Training Command. The Squadron moved to Gravesend.
19/08/1942 - Dieppe: 1st mission: take off at 07.20 a.m. Above Dieppe 350 Squadron met a dozen Fw-190, resulting in a destroyed Fw-190 for the "Duke", a shared for H. Picard and E. Plas and a damaged one for L. Flohimont. H. Marchal was hit and had to bale out and was made a POW. The second sortie which took off at 11 a.m. was also successful: 3 Fw-190 destroyed (F. Venesoen, A. Boussa and R. Alexandre) and 4 and 1 shared damaged (F. Boute: 1 and 1 shared with G. Seydel and A. Boussa, R. Alexandre and the "Duke", each damaged one).The third mission at 12.20 p.m. saw a Ju-88 destroyed in co-operation by H. Smets, F. Boute, A. Plisnier and J. Van Leerberghe. The last mission of the day saw 12 Spitfires taking off at 15.15 and again the squadron were successful with 2 Fw-190 destroyed (F. Venesoen and A. Plisnier) and 4 Fw-190 and one Do-217 damaged (G. Seydel, L. Flohimont, E. Plas, R. Alexandre and J. Van Leerberghe).
22/01/1943 - Circus 253: Escort of 12 Boston's to St-Omer: An engagement with Fw-190’s resulted in 1 destroyed for R. Alexandre and a probable for A. Plisnier. Unfortunately L. Flohimont was shot down by Major Wilhelm-Ferdinand "Wutz" Galland of II./JG26 and KIA.
As noted above, Louis Flohimont was killed in combat on 22 January 1943
Known awards
Knight's Cross in the Order of Leopold with Palm, Belgian Croix de Guerre 1940 with Palm
His claims in combat are :
19/09/1942 1 FW-190 Damaged Dieppe (Operation Jubilé)
19/09/1942 1 FW-190 Damaged Dieppe (Operation Jubilé)
ASD update 2 May 2026
Squadrons:
| Squadrons add | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Airforce | Sqdrn | Start | Finish |
| RAF | 54 | 1942-04-01 | 1942-04-01 |
| RAF | 350 (BE) | 1942-06-30 | 1943-01-22 |
Aircraft:
| Aircraftadd | ||
|---|---|---|
| Serial | Note | Date |
| AR592 | 350 | 1943-01-22 |
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