IS-SUR-TILLE COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Cote d'Or
France
Location Information
Is-sur-Tille is a town 23 kilometres north-north-east of Dijon in the Department of the Côte d'Or. The cemetery is near the church at the end of a cul-de-sac off the east side of the road to Dijon. There are two WW2 airment buried here and another from the same flight at Gemeaux Communal Cemetery.
Flight Details:
Base: R.A.F. Lakenheath, Suffolk
Unit: 199 Sqdn. Bomber Command
Aircraft: Stirling Mk III, serial EE957
Target: Special Operations
Incident: Crashed near Gemeaux, two of the crew are buried here and one in Gemeaux Communal Cemetery.
Pilot Officer R. B. Charteris, D.F.M. escaped but the following were taken prisoner: Sgt. G. W. Green, Flight Sgt. D. A. Chisholm and Pilot Officer A. P. Chisholm
Burial Details:
1851867 Sergeant Lawrence Eric Crick, Air Gunner in 199 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 4th March 1944, aged 21. Son of Sidney Thomas Stephen and Ethel Florence Crick of Pirbright, Surrey
415221 Flight Lieutenant Kevin Bernard O' Connor, Pilot in 199 Squadron, Royal New Zealand Air Force, died 4th March 1944, aged 29. Son of Maurice Francis and Helen Theresa O'Connor (née McGuire) of Waipawa, Hawkes Bay, New Zealand
Pictures and information © Barry Cuttell
Is-sur-Tille is a town 23 kilometres north-north-east of Dijon in the Department of the Côte d'Or. The cemetery is near the church at the end of a cul-de-sac off the east side of the road to Dijon. There are two WW2 airment buried here and another from the same flight at Gemeaux Communal Cemetery.
Flight Details:
Base: R.A.F. Lakenheath, Suffolk
Unit: 199 Sqdn. Bomber Command
Aircraft: Stirling Mk III, serial EE957
Target: Special Operations
Incident: Crashed near Gemeaux, two of the crew are buried here and one in Gemeaux Communal Cemetery.
Pilot Officer R. B. Charteris, D.F.M. escaped but the following were taken prisoner: Sgt. G. W. Green, Flight Sgt. D. A. Chisholm and Pilot Officer A. P. Chisholm
Burial Details:
1851867 Sergeant Lawrence Eric Crick, Air Gunner in 199 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 4th March 1944, aged 21. Son of Sidney Thomas Stephen and Ethel Florence Crick of Pirbright, Surrey
415221 Flight Lieutenant Kevin Bernard O' Connor, Pilot in 199 Squadron, Royal New Zealand Air Force, died 4th March 1944, aged 29. Son of Maurice Francis and Helen Theresa O'Connor (née McGuire) of Waipawa, Hawkes Bay, New Zealand
Pictures and information © Barry Cuttell
|
|
