NEUILLY-l'HÔPITAL CHURCHYARD
Somme
France
Location Information
Neuilly-L'Hôpital is a village and commune in the Department of the Somme, some 8 kilometres north-north-east of Abbeville and about 800 metres due east of the N.28 road to Hesdin. Some 7 metres west of the church tower and main door is the grave of an WW2 Australian airman.
Flight Details:
R.A.F. Base: Waddington, Lincolnshire
Unit: 467 Sqdn. Bomber Command
Aircraft: Lancaster Mk. III, serial LM450
Target: Flying-Bomb installations, Prouville, Somme
Incident: The aircraft crashed at Neuilly-l'Hôpital killing the above mentioned airman.
Sgt. J. W. D. Carey (RAF) and Flt. Sgt. J. W. R. Down (RAAF) escaped capture. The following crew members were taken prisoner:
Flt. Sgt. J. M. Hughes (RAAF)
Flt. Sgt. P. P. Hardwick (RAAF)
Flt. Sgt. W. J. Conway (RAAF)
Sgt. F. H. Paget (RAF
(Information above provided by Barry Cuttell)
Burial Details
415495 Pilot Officer Arthur Albert William Berryman, Royal Australian Air Force. Died 25th June 1944, aged 29. Son of Frederick Langley and Gertrude Annie Berryman; husband of Agnes Elizabeth Berryman of Victoria Park, Western Australia.
Pictures © Johan Pauwels
Neuilly-L'Hôpital is a village and commune in the Department of the Somme, some 8 kilometres north-north-east of Abbeville and about 800 metres due east of the N.28 road to Hesdin. Some 7 metres west of the church tower and main door is the grave of an WW2 Australian airman.
Flight Details:
R.A.F. Base: Waddington, Lincolnshire
Unit: 467 Sqdn. Bomber Command
Aircraft: Lancaster Mk. III, serial LM450
Target: Flying-Bomb installations, Prouville, Somme
Incident: The aircraft crashed at Neuilly-l'Hôpital killing the above mentioned airman.
Sgt. J. W. D. Carey (RAF) and Flt. Sgt. J. W. R. Down (RAAF) escaped capture. The following crew members were taken prisoner:
Flt. Sgt. J. M. Hughes (RAAF)
Flt. Sgt. P. P. Hardwick (RAAF)
Flt. Sgt. W. J. Conway (RAAF)
Sgt. F. H. Paget (RAF
(Information above provided by Barry Cuttell)
Burial Details
415495 Pilot Officer Arthur Albert William Berryman, Royal Australian Air Force. Died 25th June 1944, aged 29. Son of Frederick Langley and Gertrude Annie Berryman; husband of Agnes Elizabeth Berryman of Victoria Park, Western Australia.
Pictures © Johan Pauwels
