MONTCHÂLONS CHURCHYARD
Aisne
France
Location Information
Montchâlons is a village and commune about 11 kilometres south-east of Laon and 3 kilometres south-west of Festieux on the road from Laon to Reims (Marne).
History Information
In the churchyard, near the north-eastern corner, are the graves of seven airmen. Five of them belonged to the Royal Air Force, one to the Royal Australian Air Force and one to the Royal New Zealand Air Force.
Flight Details:
Base: R.A.F. Holme on Spalding Moor, North Yorkshire
Unit: 76 Sqdn. Bomber Command
Aircraft: Halifax Mk III, serial LW656
Target: Railway Yards, Laon, Aisne, France
Incident: The aircraft crashed at Montchâlons (Aisne). There were no survivors.
Pictures © Barry Cuttell
Montchâlons is a village and commune about 11 kilometres south-east of Laon and 3 kilometres south-west of Festieux on the road from Laon to Reims (Marne).
History Information
In the churchyard, near the north-eastern corner, are the graves of seven airmen. Five of them belonged to the Royal Air Force, one to the Royal Australian Air Force and one to the Royal New Zealand Air Force.
Flight Details:
Base: R.A.F. Holme on Spalding Moor, North Yorkshire
Unit: 76 Sqdn. Bomber Command
Aircraft: Halifax Mk III, serial LW656
Target: Railway Yards, Laon, Aisne, France
Incident: The aircraft crashed at Montchâlons (Aisne). There were no survivors.
Pictures © Barry Cuttell
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Flight Sergeant (Air Bomber)
COSGROVE, MICHAEL WILLIAM
Service Number 425978
Died 23/06/1944
Aged 34
76 (R.A.F.) Sqdn.
Royal New Zealand Air Force
Son of Daniel Cosgrove. and of Jennie Rose Cosgrove (nee Yeatman), of Timaru, Canterbury, New Zealand.
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Warrant Officer
CRIBB, HENRY LANWARNE
Service Number 656214
Died 23/06/1944
Aged 28
76 Sqdn.
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Son of William Lanwarne Cribb and Catherine Edythe Cribb, of Louth, Lincolnshire; husband of Elizabeth Cribb, of Cambridge Park, Twickenham, Middlesex.
INSCRIPTION.
AND WAVE BEYOND THE STARS THAT ALL IS WELL".
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Sergeant (Navigator)
DANBURY, GEOFFREY ALBERT
Service Number 1605219
Died 23/06/1944
Aged 21
76 Sqdn.
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Son of Albert Samuel and May Emily Danbury, of Ryde, Isle of Wight.
INSCRIPTION.
AND SO HE PASSED OVER AND ALL THE TRUMPETS SOUNDED FOR HIM ON THE OTHER SIDE".
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Flight Sergeant
MAY, PHILIP STROUD
Service Number 429831
Died 23/06/1944
Aged 31
Royal Australian Air Force
Son of Frank Stroud Ashmeade May and Ada Janet May, of Prospect, South Australia.
INSCRIPTION.
HIS DUTY FEARLESSLY AND NOBLY DONE. EVER REMEMBERED.
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Sergeant (Air Gunner)
ROSS, IAN HAMILTON
Service Number 975825
Died 23/06/1944
76 Sqdn.
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
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Sergeant (Flight Engineer)
ROYAL, ROBERT ERIC
Service Number 3000076
Died 23/06/1944
Aged 19
76 Sqdn.
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Son of William Charles and Elsie Mary Royal, of Stratfield, Reading, Berkshire.
INSCRIPTION.
TREASURED MEMORIES OF A DEAR SON AND BROTHER. DAD, JOHN AND ALL.
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Sergeant (Air Gunner)
WEBSTER, JOSEPH STEWARD
Service Number 1285805
Died 23/06/1944
Aged 29
76 Sqdn.
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Husband of Alice E. Webster, of Homerton, London.
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