CONDÉ-SUR-AISNE COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Aisne
France
Location Information
Condé-sur-Aisne is a village and commune 7.5 miles (12 kilometres) east of Soissons, on the northern side of the river Aisne. The most convenient railway station is Soissons, on the Paris to Hirson line, whence there is a bus service to Condé-sur-Aisne. The communal cemetery is some 400 yards south-west of the church, in a narrow road leading from the village "Place." Near the south-western corner of the cemetery are the graves of seven airmen, two of whom belonged to the Royal Air Force and the others to the Royal Canadian Air Force.
Flight Details:
Base: R.A.F. Gransden Lodge, Cambridgeshire
Unit: 405 (R.C.A.F.) Sqdn. Bomber Command
Aircraft: Halifax Mk III, serial JB684
Target, Laon, France
Incident: The aircaft cashed at Condé-sur-Aisne on 23rd April 1944. There were no survivors.
Burial Details:
J/85518 Pilot Officer Edward Lloyd Alberts, Air Bomber in 405 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force, died 23rd April 1944.
C/85532 Pilot Officer George Robert Berkey, Flight Engineer in 405 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force, died 23rd April 1944, aged 22.Son of George Dewey and Martha W. Berkey of New Westminster, British Columbiam Canada.
INSCRIPTION. HE GAVE HIS ALL.
1393762 Sergeant Sidney Bosworth, Air Gunner in 405 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 23rd April 1944, aged 22. Son of Nathaniel and Louisa Bosworth. INSCRIPTION. IN LOVING MEMORY OF OUR DEAR BROTHER. HE DIED THAT WE MIGHT LIVE.
J/85550 Pilot Officer Joseph Grodecki, Air Gunner in 405 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force, died 23rd April 1944.
J/88087 Pilot Officer William Robert Oliver, Navigator in 405 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force, died 23rd April 1944.
J/85454 Pilot Officer Russell Arthur Saltzberry, Pilot in 405 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force, died 23rd April 1944, aged 24. Son of Alva and Florence Saltzberry of New Dundee, Ontario, Canada. INSCRIPTION. GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS, THAT A MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS.
173599 Pilot Officer John Walter Tonkyn, Air Gunner in 405 Squadron, Royal Air Force Voluntary Reserve, died 23rd April 1944, aged 19. Son of John Addcott of Tonkyn and Edith Tonkyn of Totton, Hants. INSCRIPTION. AT THE GOING DOWN OF THE SUN AND IN THE MORNING WE WILL REMEMBER THEM.
Pictures © Barry Cuttell
Condé-sur-Aisne is a village and commune 7.5 miles (12 kilometres) east of Soissons, on the northern side of the river Aisne. The most convenient railway station is Soissons, on the Paris to Hirson line, whence there is a bus service to Condé-sur-Aisne. The communal cemetery is some 400 yards south-west of the church, in a narrow road leading from the village "Place." Near the south-western corner of the cemetery are the graves of seven airmen, two of whom belonged to the Royal Air Force and the others to the Royal Canadian Air Force.
Flight Details:
Base: R.A.F. Gransden Lodge, Cambridgeshire
Unit: 405 (R.C.A.F.) Sqdn. Bomber Command
Aircraft: Halifax Mk III, serial JB684
Target, Laon, France
Incident: The aircaft cashed at Condé-sur-Aisne on 23rd April 1944. There were no survivors.
Burial Details:
J/85518 Pilot Officer Edward Lloyd Alberts, Air Bomber in 405 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force, died 23rd April 1944.
C/85532 Pilot Officer George Robert Berkey, Flight Engineer in 405 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force, died 23rd April 1944, aged 22.Son of George Dewey and Martha W. Berkey of New Westminster, British Columbiam Canada.
INSCRIPTION. HE GAVE HIS ALL.
1393762 Sergeant Sidney Bosworth, Air Gunner in 405 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 23rd April 1944, aged 22. Son of Nathaniel and Louisa Bosworth. INSCRIPTION. IN LOVING MEMORY OF OUR DEAR BROTHER. HE DIED THAT WE MIGHT LIVE.
J/85550 Pilot Officer Joseph Grodecki, Air Gunner in 405 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force, died 23rd April 1944.
J/88087 Pilot Officer William Robert Oliver, Navigator in 405 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force, died 23rd April 1944.
J/85454 Pilot Officer Russell Arthur Saltzberry, Pilot in 405 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force, died 23rd April 1944, aged 24. Son of Alva and Florence Saltzberry of New Dundee, Ontario, Canada. INSCRIPTION. GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS, THAT A MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS.
173599 Pilot Officer John Walter Tonkyn, Air Gunner in 405 Squadron, Royal Air Force Voluntary Reserve, died 23rd April 1944, aged 19. Son of John Addcott of Tonkyn and Edith Tonkyn of Totton, Hants. INSCRIPTION. AT THE GOING DOWN OF THE SUN AND IN THE MORNING WE WILL REMEMBER THEM.
Pictures © Barry Cuttell
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