COURBOIN COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Aisne
France
GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 48.99408, Longitude: 3.50704
Location Information
Courboin is a village situated 12 kilometres south-east of Château-Thierry in the Department of the Aisne. The communal cemetery is about 200 metres north-east of the church, on the Rue du Cimetière. In the north-eastern part are buried eight airmen of the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve who died on the 4th May 1944.
Flight Details provided by Barry Cuttell
R.A.F. Base: Dunholme Lodge, Lincolnshire
Unit: 619 Sqdn., Bomber Command
Aircraft: Lancaser Mk III, serial JB134
Target: Mailly-le-Camp, Aube, France
Incident: The aircraft crashed at Courboin, Aisne, France
There were no survivors
Burial Details:
1511190 Flight Sergeant John Bengston, Air Bomber in 619 Squadron,Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 4th May 1944, aged 21, Son of Peter and Edith Mary Bengston of South Shields, Co. Durham. His headstone bears the inscription "For All Of Us He Did His Best, Grant Him, Lord, Eternal Rest"
1209681 Sergeant Henry George Brady, D. F. M. Wireless Operator in 619 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 4th May 1944.
1589723 Sergeant John Raymond Burgess, Flight Engineer in 619 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 4th May 1944, aged 19. Son of Alfred and Clara Burgess of Rusholme, Manchester. His headstone bears the inscription "There Is No Death Save Only When Memory Dies"
1397521 Sergeant Frederick Henry Joy, D. F. M. Air Gunner in 619 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 4th May 1944, aged 23. Son of Fred and Rosa Mildred Joy of Canterbury. His headstone bears the inscription "He Gave His Life And Left Us Treasured Memories. Mum And Joan"
1592172 Sergeant Jack Harrison Maltby, D. F. M. Air Gunner in 619 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 4th May 1944. His headstone bears the inscription "Valiant Heart"
14992477 Sergeant Arthur Naylor, Air Bomber in 619 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 4th May 1944.
1576638 Flight Sergeant, Arthur Clifford Shenton, Navigator in 619 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 4th May 1944, aged 22. Son of John Clifford & Hilda Shenton of Whetstone, Leics. His headstone bears the inscription A Beautiful Memory Of Our Only Son Ever In Our Hearts "We Shall Meet Again"
159050 Pilot Officer Douglas Arnold Wadsworth, D. F. C. Pilot in 619 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 4th May 1944, aged 23. Son of Maurice & Alice Mary Wadsworth of Parkstone, Dorsetshire. His headstone bears the inscription "Truly A Band Of Brothers - In Death They Were Not Divided"
Courboin is a village situated 12 kilometres south-east of Château-Thierry in the Department of the Aisne. The communal cemetery is about 200 metres north-east of the church, on the Rue du Cimetière. In the north-eastern part are buried eight airmen of the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve who died on the 4th May 1944.
Flight Details provided by Barry Cuttell
R.A.F. Base: Dunholme Lodge, Lincolnshire
Unit: 619 Sqdn., Bomber Command
Aircraft: Lancaser Mk III, serial JB134
Target: Mailly-le-Camp, Aube, France
Incident: The aircraft crashed at Courboin, Aisne, France
There were no survivors
Burial Details:
1511190 Flight Sergeant John Bengston, Air Bomber in 619 Squadron,Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 4th May 1944, aged 21, Son of Peter and Edith Mary Bengston of South Shields, Co. Durham. His headstone bears the inscription "For All Of Us He Did His Best, Grant Him, Lord, Eternal Rest"
1209681 Sergeant Henry George Brady, D. F. M. Wireless Operator in 619 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 4th May 1944.
1589723 Sergeant John Raymond Burgess, Flight Engineer in 619 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 4th May 1944, aged 19. Son of Alfred and Clara Burgess of Rusholme, Manchester. His headstone bears the inscription "There Is No Death Save Only When Memory Dies"
1397521 Sergeant Frederick Henry Joy, D. F. M. Air Gunner in 619 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 4th May 1944, aged 23. Son of Fred and Rosa Mildred Joy of Canterbury. His headstone bears the inscription "He Gave His Life And Left Us Treasured Memories. Mum And Joan"
1592172 Sergeant Jack Harrison Maltby, D. F. M. Air Gunner in 619 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 4th May 1944. His headstone bears the inscription "Valiant Heart"
14992477 Sergeant Arthur Naylor, Air Bomber in 619 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 4th May 1944.
1576638 Flight Sergeant, Arthur Clifford Shenton, Navigator in 619 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 4th May 1944, aged 22. Son of John Clifford & Hilda Shenton of Whetstone, Leics. His headstone bears the inscription A Beautiful Memory Of Our Only Son Ever In Our Hearts "We Shall Meet Again"
159050 Pilot Officer Douglas Arnold Wadsworth, D. F. C. Pilot in 619 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 4th May 1944, aged 23. Son of Maurice & Alice Mary Wadsworth of Parkstone, Dorsetshire. His headstone bears the inscription "Truly A Band Of Brothers - In Death They Were Not Divided"