BRAZEY-EN-PLAINE COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Côte d'Or
France
GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 47.13738, Longitude: 5.212
Location Information
Brazey-en-Plaine is a village and commune 24 kilometres south-west of Dijon. The Communal Cemetery lies to the west of the village, north of the road to Nuits St. George.
Flight Details:
Base: Tuddenham, Suffolk
Unit: 90 Sqdn. Bomber Command
Aircraft: Stirling Mk III, serial LJ509
Target: Special Operations
Incident: Aircraft crashed at Brazey-en-Plaine. Six airmen were killed but Flight Sgt. T. C. Squance survived the crash, escaped and survived the war.
Burial Details:
All the men were in 90 Squadron and killed on 10th March 1944
54454 Pilot Officer Joseph Armstrong. Royal Air Force, aged 28, Son of Johnstone and Ellen Armstrong of Carlisle. His headstone bears the inscription "Greater Love Hath No Man Than This, That A Man Lay Down His Life For His Friends"
1318081 Flight Sergeant Leslie Arthur Bolt. Royal Air Force Voluntary Reserve, aged 20. Son of Frederick William Clement and Amelia Margaret Bolt of Battersea, London. His headstone bears the inscription "Gone From Us But Not Forgotten. Never Shall Thy Memory Fade"
1337245 Sergeant Frederick Joseph Huxen. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
37857 Squadron Leader Terence Sydney Raymond King, Mentioned in Despatches, Royal Air Force, aged 33. Son of Frank and Doris Sydney King of Chiddingfold, Surrey. His headstone bears the inscription "Yet For Them, Life's Morning Radiance Hath Not Left The Hills"
1622959 Sergeant Desmond Norman Murphy, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, aged 19. Son of Michael and Hannah Murphy of Greasby, Cheshire. His headstone bears the inscription "His Heavenly Father Received Him Home That Night"
1320281 Flight Sergeant William Frederick Williams, Royal Air Force Voluntary Reserve. Son of Harold Henry and Florence Blanche Williams of Welwyn Garden City, Herts.
Pictures and Flight Details © Barry Cuttell
Brazey-en-Plaine is a village and commune 24 kilometres south-west of Dijon. The Communal Cemetery lies to the west of the village, north of the road to Nuits St. George.
Flight Details:
Base: Tuddenham, Suffolk
Unit: 90 Sqdn. Bomber Command
Aircraft: Stirling Mk III, serial LJ509
Target: Special Operations
Incident: Aircraft crashed at Brazey-en-Plaine. Six airmen were killed but Flight Sgt. T. C. Squance survived the crash, escaped and survived the war.
Burial Details:
All the men were in 90 Squadron and killed on 10th March 1944
54454 Pilot Officer Joseph Armstrong. Royal Air Force, aged 28, Son of Johnstone and Ellen Armstrong of Carlisle. His headstone bears the inscription "Greater Love Hath No Man Than This, That A Man Lay Down His Life For His Friends"
1318081 Flight Sergeant Leslie Arthur Bolt. Royal Air Force Voluntary Reserve, aged 20. Son of Frederick William Clement and Amelia Margaret Bolt of Battersea, London. His headstone bears the inscription "Gone From Us But Not Forgotten. Never Shall Thy Memory Fade"
1337245 Sergeant Frederick Joseph Huxen. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
37857 Squadron Leader Terence Sydney Raymond King, Mentioned in Despatches, Royal Air Force, aged 33. Son of Frank and Doris Sydney King of Chiddingfold, Surrey. His headstone bears the inscription "Yet For Them, Life's Morning Radiance Hath Not Left The Hills"
1622959 Sergeant Desmond Norman Murphy, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, aged 19. Son of Michael and Hannah Murphy of Greasby, Cheshire. His headstone bears the inscription "His Heavenly Father Received Him Home That Night"
1320281 Flight Sergeant William Frederick Williams, Royal Air Force Voluntary Reserve. Son of Harold Henry and Florence Blanche Williams of Welwyn Garden City, Herts.
Pictures and Flight Details © Barry Cuttell
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