ÉCUISSES COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Saône-et-Loire
France
Location Information
Écuisses is a village and commune in the department of the Saône et Loire, some 54 kilometres north-west of Macon, the chief town of the department, and 20 kilometres north-east of Montceau-les-Mines. The communal cemetery is on the west side of the village, just north of the road leading to Écuisses. The airmen's graves are right of the entrance in the plot north-east of the memorial.
No. of Identified Casualties: 6
Flight Details
Base: R.A.F. Syerston, Norfolk
Unit: 61 Sqdn. Bomber Command
Aircraft: Lancaster Mark I, serial W4774
Target: Power Station at Montchanin, Saône et Loire, France
Incident: Crashed in a wood near target area 17th October 1942
Of the crew of seven, six are buried here. The rear gunner, Sgt. R. Turtle was taken prisoner, taken to Chalon-sur-Saône Hospital before being transferred to Stalag 6 camp in German. He survived the War.
Burial Details
39500 Squadron Leader William Duncan Corr, D. F. C. Pilot in 61 Squadron, Royal Air Force, died 17th October 1942.
656838 Sergeant Richard James Delve, Pilot in 61 Squadron, Royal Air Force, died 17th October 1942, aged 21. Son of Richard James and Mary Ann Delve of Penrhiewtyn, Glamorgan.
1293442 Sergeant Owen Glynne Edwards, 61 Squadron, Royal Air Force Voluntary Reserve, died 17th October 1942, aged 29. Son of Thomas John and Mary Jane Edwards of Llannrwst, Denbighshire.
R/85295 Flight Sergeant James Roland Moore, Wireless Operator/Air Gunner in Royal Canadian Air Force, died 17th October 1942.
403780 Pilot Officer John Colin Webster, 61 Squadron, Royal New Zealand Air Force, died 17th October 1942, aged 21. Died as a result of a parachute jump at low altitude. Son of Lawrence William and Mabel Webster (nee Sourness) of Timaru, Canterbury, New Zealand.
968437 Flight Sergeant George John Anstey Willis, Air Gunner in 61 Squadron, Royal Air Force Voluntary Reserve, died 17th October 1942, aged 27 Son of Herbert John and Ethel Willis of Exmouth, Devon; husband of Betty Hayes Willis of Torquay, Devon.
Pictures © Barry Cuttell
Écuisses is a village and commune in the department of the Saône et Loire, some 54 kilometres north-west of Macon, the chief town of the department, and 20 kilometres north-east of Montceau-les-Mines. The communal cemetery is on the west side of the village, just north of the road leading to Écuisses. The airmen's graves are right of the entrance in the plot north-east of the memorial.
No. of Identified Casualties: 6
Flight Details
Base: R.A.F. Syerston, Norfolk
Unit: 61 Sqdn. Bomber Command
Aircraft: Lancaster Mark I, serial W4774
Target: Power Station at Montchanin, Saône et Loire, France
Incident: Crashed in a wood near target area 17th October 1942
Of the crew of seven, six are buried here. The rear gunner, Sgt. R. Turtle was taken prisoner, taken to Chalon-sur-Saône Hospital before being transferred to Stalag 6 camp in German. He survived the War.
Burial Details
39500 Squadron Leader William Duncan Corr, D. F. C. Pilot in 61 Squadron, Royal Air Force, died 17th October 1942.
656838 Sergeant Richard James Delve, Pilot in 61 Squadron, Royal Air Force, died 17th October 1942, aged 21. Son of Richard James and Mary Ann Delve of Penrhiewtyn, Glamorgan.
1293442 Sergeant Owen Glynne Edwards, 61 Squadron, Royal Air Force Voluntary Reserve, died 17th October 1942, aged 29. Son of Thomas John and Mary Jane Edwards of Llannrwst, Denbighshire.
R/85295 Flight Sergeant James Roland Moore, Wireless Operator/Air Gunner in Royal Canadian Air Force, died 17th October 1942.
403780 Pilot Officer John Colin Webster, 61 Squadron, Royal New Zealand Air Force, died 17th October 1942, aged 21. Died as a result of a parachute jump at low altitude. Son of Lawrence William and Mabel Webster (nee Sourness) of Timaru, Canterbury, New Zealand.
968437 Flight Sergeant George John Anstey Willis, Air Gunner in 61 Squadron, Royal Air Force Voluntary Reserve, died 17th October 1942, aged 27 Son of Herbert John and Ethel Willis of Exmouth, Devon; husband of Betty Hayes Willis of Torquay, Devon.
Pictures © Barry Cuttell
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The original burial site made by the Germans in 1942
Courtesy of: Collection Gilles Moreau via Histavia21
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INSCRIPTION.
EVER IN OUR THOUGHTS. MISSED AND LONGED FOR ALWAYS. MAM, DAD AND SISTERS.
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INSCRIPTION.
UNTIL WE MEET AGAIN, ALL OUR LOVE. MAM, DAD, MYRA AND DOROTHY, MON DIRION, LLANRWST.
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INSCRIPTION.
REMEMBRANCE. BETTY AND MUM.
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Squadron Leader William Duncan Corr is shown front centre aged 17 holding the ball in this photograph of Ashville College Rugby team taken in 1935
Picture courtesy of Nancy Rycroft, cousin of William Duncan Corr.
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The French memorial within the cemetery
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