LE VAUDOUÉ COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Seine-et-Marne
France
Location Information
Le Vaudoué is a village and commune in the Department of the Seine-et-Marne, 23 kilometres north-west of Nemours and 20 kilometres west-south-west of Fontainebleau. From the centre of Le Vaudoué, take the Rue du Palais, continue for some 360 metres and turn right into a lane leading to the communal cemetery. Midway between the west and north corners of the cemetery are the graves of 6 airmen belonging to the Royal Air Force and 1 to the Royal Canadian Air Force who died on the 4th May 1944
Burial details:
626938 Flight Sergeant Thomas Roy Clayton, Air Gunner in 57 Squadron, Royal Air Force, died 4th May 1944, aged 23. Son of Thomas and Grace Clayton; husband of Helen Grace Clayton of Kingston, Ontario, Canada
R/195667 Flight Sergeant James Kenneth Morey, Air Gunner in 57 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force, died 4th May 1944, aged 22. Son of Mr. & Mrs. Francis Emerson Morey of Hartington, Ontario, Canada
1801045 Sergeant George Henry Norton, Flight Engineer in 57 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 4th May 1944, aged 21. Son of George and Margaret Gertrude Louisa Norton of Ipswich, Suffolk
1487387 Flight Sergeant Henry Mitchell Peckett, Air Bomber in 57 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 4th May 1944, aged 20. Son of Frank Hedley and Dorothy Helen Peckett of Brockholes, Yorkshire
160001 Flying Officer Rendal Anthony Fenwick Scrivener, Pilot in 57 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 4th May 1944, aged 20. Son of William John and Nora Mary Skrimshire Scrivener of Kitwe, Northern Rhodesia
1373660 Sergeant Frederick Charles Searle, Radio Operator in 57 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 4th May 1944, aged 21. Son of Charles A. and Ruth Searle of Knightswood, Glasgow
137169 Flying Officer Norman Alfred Smith, Navigator in 57 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 4th May 1944, aged 26. Son of Alfred George and Maud Smith; husband of Alice Mary Smith of Paisley, Renfrewshire
Flight Details:
Base: R.A.F. East Kirkby, Lincolnshire
Unit: 57 Sqdn. Bomber Command
Aircraft: Lancaster Mk III, serial ND468
Target: Mailly-le-Camp, Aube, France
Incident: The aircraft crashed at Le Vaudoué. There were no survivors.
Pictures © Barry Cuttell
Le Vaudoué is a village and commune in the Department of the Seine-et-Marne, 23 kilometres north-west of Nemours and 20 kilometres west-south-west of Fontainebleau. From the centre of Le Vaudoué, take the Rue du Palais, continue for some 360 metres and turn right into a lane leading to the communal cemetery. Midway between the west and north corners of the cemetery are the graves of 6 airmen belonging to the Royal Air Force and 1 to the Royal Canadian Air Force who died on the 4th May 1944
Burial details:
626938 Flight Sergeant Thomas Roy Clayton, Air Gunner in 57 Squadron, Royal Air Force, died 4th May 1944, aged 23. Son of Thomas and Grace Clayton; husband of Helen Grace Clayton of Kingston, Ontario, Canada
R/195667 Flight Sergeant James Kenneth Morey, Air Gunner in 57 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force, died 4th May 1944, aged 22. Son of Mr. & Mrs. Francis Emerson Morey of Hartington, Ontario, Canada
1801045 Sergeant George Henry Norton, Flight Engineer in 57 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 4th May 1944, aged 21. Son of George and Margaret Gertrude Louisa Norton of Ipswich, Suffolk
1487387 Flight Sergeant Henry Mitchell Peckett, Air Bomber in 57 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 4th May 1944, aged 20. Son of Frank Hedley and Dorothy Helen Peckett of Brockholes, Yorkshire
160001 Flying Officer Rendal Anthony Fenwick Scrivener, Pilot in 57 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 4th May 1944, aged 20. Son of William John and Nora Mary Skrimshire Scrivener of Kitwe, Northern Rhodesia
1373660 Sergeant Frederick Charles Searle, Radio Operator in 57 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 4th May 1944, aged 21. Son of Charles A. and Ruth Searle of Knightswood, Glasgow
137169 Flying Officer Norman Alfred Smith, Navigator in 57 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 4th May 1944, aged 26. Son of Alfred George and Maud Smith; husband of Alice Mary Smith of Paisley, Renfrewshire
Flight Details:
Base: R.A.F. East Kirkby, Lincolnshire
Unit: 57 Sqdn. Bomber Command
Aircraft: Lancaster Mk III, serial ND468
Target: Mailly-le-Camp, Aube, France
Incident: The aircraft crashed at Le Vaudoué. There were no survivors.
Pictures © Barry Cuttell
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