BREUVERY-SUR-COOLE CHURCHYARD
Marne
France
GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 48.86002, Longitude: 4.31317
Location Information
Breuvery-sur-Coole is a village and commune in the Department of the Marne, 14 kilometres south-south-west of Châlons-en-Champagne. The church is situated in the centre of the village. The two Commonwealth graves are close to the east wall of the churchyard.
Flight Details
R.A.F. Base: Wickenby, Lincolnshire
Unit: 626 Sqdn. Bomber Command
Aircraft: Lancaster Mk I, serial LL753
Target: Mailly-le-Camp, Aube, France
Incident: The aircraft exploded over Breuvery-sur-Coole. Only two of the bodies were found and buried in the village churchyard. The remainder of the crew listed below are commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial:
Sgt. A. G. Brooks, R.A.F.
Warrant Officer 2nd Class J. M. B. Liebscher, R.C.A.F.
Pilot Officer H. A. Riddle, R.A.F.
Sgt. J. A. I. Sutton, R.A.F.
Flt. Sgt. R. H. Watts, R.A.A.F.
Images in gallery below © Johan Pauwels
J/86119 Pilot Officer
Ross Edward MacFarlane
Air Gunner in 626 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force
4th May 1944.
Son of George Edward and Clara May (nee Jenkins) MacFarlane of Carleton Place, Ontario. Brother of Ronald Martin and Audrey Aileen.
Ross Edward MacFarlane
Air Gunner in 626 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force
4th May 1944.
Son of George Edward and Clara May (nee Jenkins) MacFarlane of Carleton Place, Ontario. Brother of Ronald Martin and Audrey Aileen.
Ross McFarlane was a tail gunner and is third from the left in this photo, taken in January 1944, just prior to an attack on Berlin.
Other Burial Details:
171902 Pilot Officer David Stuart Jackson, D. F. C. Pilot in 626 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 4th May 1944, aged 21. Son of Herbert Guy and Emily Jackson of Wetherby, Yorkshire. His headstone bears the inscription "All That He Had To Give, He Gave"
