MAGNY CHURCHYARD
Eure-et-Loir
France
GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 48.35024, Longitude: 1.26161
Location Information
The village of Magny is 20 kilometres south-west of Chartres in the Department of Eure-et-Loir. It is nearly 6 kilometres north of Illiers, a small town on the Paris-Chartres-Saumur railway line. The collective grave of seven airmen is situated near the western wall of the churchyard, and south-west of the church.
The village of Magny is 20 kilometres south-west of Chartres in the Department of Eure-et-Loir. It is nearly 6 kilometres north of Illiers, a small town on the Paris-Chartres-Saumur railway line. The collective grave of seven airmen is situated near the western wall of the churchyard, and south-west of the church.
Images in the gallery below used with the permission of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission
All seven Airmen were from 12 Squadron and were killed on 1st July 1944.
J/89925 Pilot Officer
Joseph Francis Kawucha
12 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force
1st July 1944, aged 26.
Son of Stanley and Mary Kawucha; husband of Stella Kawucha, of Troy, Ontario, Canada.
Joseph Francis Kawucha
12 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force
1st July 1944, aged 26.
Son of Stanley and Mary Kawucha; husband of Stella Kawucha, of Troy, Ontario, Canada.
Other Burial Details
1602209 Flight Sergeant George Chaffe, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, aged 33. Son of George Rice Chaffe and Annie Ethel Chaffe, of Dartmouth, Devon; husband of Audrey Mary Chaffe, of Dartmouth. His headstone bears the inscription "In Loving Memory Of My Dear Husband George Darling Daddy Of Brian"
1337333 Flight Sergeant David Jones Evans, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, aged 24. Son of William and Sarah Evans; husband of Yvonne Elizabeth Evans, of Copnor, Hampshire. His headstone bears the inscription "At The Going Down Of The Sun And In The Morning We Will Remember Them"
2209425 Sergeant Joseph Gill, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
172595 Pilot Officer Leonard Honor, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
1585804 Sergeant Joseph Edward Massey, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve,
1646386 Sergeant Thomas William Willis, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, aged 23. Son of Thomas William and Winifred Mabel Willis, of Carlton Colville, Suffolk. His headstone bears the inscription "Our Prayer To Thee, O Lord, Is Plain That Our Sons Have Not Died In Vain"
1602209 Flight Sergeant George Chaffe, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, aged 33. Son of George Rice Chaffe and Annie Ethel Chaffe, of Dartmouth, Devon; husband of Audrey Mary Chaffe, of Dartmouth. His headstone bears the inscription "In Loving Memory Of My Dear Husband George Darling Daddy Of Brian"
1337333 Flight Sergeant David Jones Evans, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, aged 24. Son of William and Sarah Evans; husband of Yvonne Elizabeth Evans, of Copnor, Hampshire. His headstone bears the inscription "At The Going Down Of The Sun And In The Morning We Will Remember Them"
2209425 Sergeant Joseph Gill, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
172595 Pilot Officer Leonard Honor, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
1585804 Sergeant Joseph Edward Massey, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve,
1646386 Sergeant Thomas William Willis, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, aged 23. Son of Thomas William and Winifred Mabel Willis, of Carlton Colville, Suffolk. His headstone bears the inscription "Our Prayer To Thee, O Lord, Is Plain That Our Sons Have Not Died In Vain"
