LAMOTTE-BULEUX COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Somme
France
Location Information
Lamotte-Buleux is a village and commune 10 kilometres north of Abbeville and about 3 kilometres east of the main road (N.1) from that town of Boulogne-sur-Mer. The communal cemetery is south of the village on the D.105 road to Hautvillers, about 1 kilometre south of the point where it is crossed by the D. 3 2 (Nouvion-Neuilly L'Hopital) road. The grave of an airman of the Royal Air Force is about 8 metres north-west of the southern corner of the cemetery, adjacent to the boundary hedge.
Burial Details
751689 Sergeant Brian William Burt, Wireless Operator/Air Gunner in 82 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 8th June 1940, aged 27. Son of William Joseph and Fanny Burt, of Hull.
Flight Details:
R.A.F. Base: Watton, Norfolk
Unit: 82 Sqdn. Bomber Command
Aircraft: Blenheim Mk IV, serial R3709
Target: Abbeville, Somme, France
Incident: The aircraft was shot down near Lamotte-Buleux. Pilot Officer G. P. Robinson and Sgt. J. Houston were taken prisoner
(Flight Information from Barry Cuttell)
Pictures © Johan Pauwels
Lamotte-Buleux is a village and commune 10 kilometres north of Abbeville and about 3 kilometres east of the main road (N.1) from that town of Boulogne-sur-Mer. The communal cemetery is south of the village on the D.105 road to Hautvillers, about 1 kilometre south of the point where it is crossed by the D. 3 2 (Nouvion-Neuilly L'Hopital) road. The grave of an airman of the Royal Air Force is about 8 metres north-west of the southern corner of the cemetery, adjacent to the boundary hedge.
Burial Details
751689 Sergeant Brian William Burt, Wireless Operator/Air Gunner in 82 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 8th June 1940, aged 27. Son of William Joseph and Fanny Burt, of Hull.
Flight Details:
R.A.F. Base: Watton, Norfolk
Unit: 82 Sqdn. Bomber Command
Aircraft: Blenheim Mk IV, serial R3709
Target: Abbeville, Somme, France
Incident: The aircraft was shot down near Lamotte-Buleux. Pilot Officer G. P. Robinson and Sgt. J. Houston were taken prisoner
(Flight Information from Barry Cuttell)
Pictures © Johan Pauwels
