PANCY-COURTECON COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Aisne
France
GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 49.47273, Longitude: 3.65417
Location Information
Pancy-Courtecon is a village and commune about 8 miles (13 kilometres) south of Laon and half a mile south west of the main road (N.367) to Bourg-et-Comin and Fismes (Marne). The nearest railway station is at Laon, which has good road and rail connections with Paris and the towns in northern France, and where taxis are available. The communal cemetery is in a by-road running south from the main road, and is about 200 yards south of the church. The British grave is in the north-western corner of the cemetery.
Flight Details: (Provided by Barry Cuttell)
Base: R.A.F. Watton, Norfolk
Unit: 82 Sqdn. Bomber Command
Aircraft: Blenheim Mk IV, serial P4852
Target: Gembloux, Wallon (Belgium)
Incident: The aircraft crashed near Pancy-Courtecon. The fate of Sqdn. Ldr. M. V. Delap, D.F.C. and Sgt. R. F. Wyness, D.F.M. is not known at this time.
Burial Details
43018 Pilot Officer Frances Stanley Jackson, Wireless Operator/Air Gunner in 82 Squadron, Royal Air Force, died 17th May 1940, aged 22. Son of William Henry and Elsie Jane Jackson; husband of Kathleen Robina Jackson, of Huntingdon. His headstone bears the inscription "Rest In Peace"
Pancy-Courtecon is a village and commune about 8 miles (13 kilometres) south of Laon and half a mile south west of the main road (N.367) to Bourg-et-Comin and Fismes (Marne). The nearest railway station is at Laon, which has good road and rail connections with Paris and the towns in northern France, and where taxis are available. The communal cemetery is in a by-road running south from the main road, and is about 200 yards south of the church. The British grave is in the north-western corner of the cemetery.
Flight Details: (Provided by Barry Cuttell)
Base: R.A.F. Watton, Norfolk
Unit: 82 Sqdn. Bomber Command
Aircraft: Blenheim Mk IV, serial P4852
Target: Gembloux, Wallon (Belgium)
Incident: The aircraft crashed near Pancy-Courtecon. The fate of Sqdn. Ldr. M. V. Delap, D.F.C. and Sgt. R. F. Wyness, D.F.M. is not known at this time.
Burial Details
43018 Pilot Officer Frances Stanley Jackson, Wireless Operator/Air Gunner in 82 Squadron, Royal Air Force, died 17th May 1940, aged 22. Son of William Henry and Elsie Jane Jackson; husband of Kathleen Robina Jackson, of Huntingdon. His headstone bears the inscription "Rest In Peace"
