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ÉPERLECQUES CHURCHYARD
Pas De Calais
France

Location Information

Éperlecques is a village in the Department of the Pas-de-Calais, situated some 10 kilometres north-west of St. Omer. At the west-end of the churchyard are the graves of one soldier of the Great War and one airman of the 1939-1945 War.



World War One Burial

Driver Robert Dick, Army Service Corps. 18th Aug. 1917, aged 22. Youngest son of the late David and Jane Dick of Sterling
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World War Two Burial

523561 Flight Sgt. G. E. Lang, D. F. M. Royal Air Force. 28th May 1940, aged 28. Son of Albert Edward and Emily Lang of Torquay, Devon; husband of Georgina Maud Lang of Torquay.


Flight Details
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Base: Wattisham, Suffolk
107 Sqdn. Bomber Command
Aircraft: Blenheim Mk IV, serial L9391
Target: St. Omer, France
Incident: Crashed at Éperlecques 27th May 1940. Wing Commander B. E. Embry, D.S.O., A.F.C. and Pilot Officer T. A. Whiting were taken prisoner


(Information on Flight details provided by Barry Cuttell)

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