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AVANT-LÈS-MARCILLY CHURCHYARD
Aube
France

Location Information

Avant-lès-Marcilly is a village and commune 25 miles (40 kilometres) west-north-west of Troyes, and 6 miles (10 kilometres) south-east of Nogent-sur-Seine, a small town on the River Seine, Historical Information: In the churchyard, near the north-east corner of the church, are the graves of four British and three Australian airmen. 

Unusually the wife of Sgt. Turnbull is also buried here in the Commonwealth plot. 

No. of Identified Casualties: 7



Flight Details:

Base: R.A.F. Binbrook, Nottinghamshire
Unut: 460 Sqdn., Bomber Command
Aircraft: Lancaster Mk I, serial ME728
Target: Mailly-le-Camp, Aube, France
Incident: The Lancaster crashed at Avant-les-Marcilly on the 4th May 1944. There were no survivors



Burial Details

Fl. Sgt. Dennis Ronald BARR, Royal Australian Air Force, aged 20. Son of Walter Edward and Lillian Maud Barr of Elwood, Victoria, Australia

Sgt. Peter Denis FRY, 460 R.A.A.F. Sqdn. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, aged 20. Son of Ernest Frederick and Emmeline Fry of North Finchley, Middlesex

Fl. Sgt. Ronald Henry HOBBS, Royal Australian Air Force, aged 20. Son of Capt. Nicholas Hamlyn Hobbs, MC and Lucy Alma Hobbs of Bemboka, New South Wales, Australia

Sgt. Richard Anthony JOHNSON, 460 (R.A.A.F.) Sqdn. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, aged 22. Son of Richard and Mary Johnson of Scale Hall, Lancaster

Pilot Officer Norman David Livingstone LLOYD, Royal Australian Air Force, aged 30. Son of Norman Ernest and Euphemia Rachel Lloyd of Winton, Queensland, Australia

Sgt. John George TURNBULL, 460 (R.A.A.F.) Sqdn. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, aged 24. Son of Walter Briggs and Margaret Turnbull; husband of Robina Moyes Turnbull of Edinburgh

Fl. Sgt. Brian Thomas WOOTTON-WOOLLEY, 460 (R.A.A.F.) Sqdn. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve


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