RECEY-SUR-OURCE COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Côte-d'Or
France
GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 47.78193, Longitude: 4.85634
Location Information
Recey-sur-Ource is a village and commune 52 kilometres north-north-west of Dijon. The communal cemetery will be found situated to the west of the village on the road leading to the neighbouring village of Leugloy. There are seven airman and one of the Special Air Service, A.A.C. of WW2 buried here.
Flight Details:
Base: R.A.F. Melbourne, Yorkshire
Unit: 10 Sqdn. Bomber Command
Aircraft: Halifax Mk II, serial JB961
Target: Sochaux, Doubs, France
Incident: Aircraft crashed at Récey-sur-Ource after being brought down by Fw Spätte of 4 Group, Dijon. There were no survivors.
Burial Details:
1551651 Sergeant Stanley Arthur, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 16th July 1943, aged 21. Son of Ernest Malcolm and Adeline Lillian Arthur of Dunfermline, Fife. His headstone bears the inscription "No Cloud Can Darken, No Shadow Dim The Beautiful Memories We Have Of Him"
1501434 Sergeant John Dennis Gordon Bunker, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 16th July 1943.
1129034 Sergeant Bertram George Arthur Cooper, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 16th July 1943, aged 32. Son of George and Emily Cooper; husband of Clara Noreen Cooper of Christleton, Cheshire. His headstone bears the inscription "Well Done, Thou Good And Faithful Servant"
BNA/13809220 Private Joachim Kalstein, Special Air Service Regiment, A.A.C, died 27th August 1944, aged 24.
1620745 Sergeant Ronald Daniel McKeown, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 16th July 1943, aged 20. Son of Daniel and Lilian McKeown of Blundellsands, Liverpool. His headstone bears the inscription "On Whose Soul Sacred Heart Of Jesus Have Mercy. May He Rest In Eternal Peace"
658178 Sergeant Harry Briggs Mellor, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 16th July 1943, aged 21. Son of Harry Briggs Mellor and Mary Mellor. His headstone bears the inscription "A Duty Nobly Done"
1297114 Sergeant Ronald Alfred William Morse, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 16th July 1943, aged 23. Son of Frederick Augustus and Gwendoline May Morse of Barry, Glamorgan; husband of Doris Emily Morse of Barry. His headstone bears the inscription "At The Going Down Of The Sun And In The Morning I Will Remember You"
149906 Pilot Officer Hedley Millard Smith, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 16th July 1943, aged 32. Son of Henry Dawson and Jennie Smith of Sheffield; husband of Joan Smith of Sheffield. His headstone bears the inscription "God Gave Us A Memory That We May Have Roses In December"
Pictures and Flight Details © Barry Cuttell
Recey-sur-Ource is a village and commune 52 kilometres north-north-west of Dijon. The communal cemetery will be found situated to the west of the village on the road leading to the neighbouring village of Leugloy. There are seven airman and one of the Special Air Service, A.A.C. of WW2 buried here.
Flight Details:
Base: R.A.F. Melbourne, Yorkshire
Unit: 10 Sqdn. Bomber Command
Aircraft: Halifax Mk II, serial JB961
Target: Sochaux, Doubs, France
Incident: Aircraft crashed at Récey-sur-Ource after being brought down by Fw Spätte of 4 Group, Dijon. There were no survivors.
Burial Details:
1551651 Sergeant Stanley Arthur, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 16th July 1943, aged 21. Son of Ernest Malcolm and Adeline Lillian Arthur of Dunfermline, Fife. His headstone bears the inscription "No Cloud Can Darken, No Shadow Dim The Beautiful Memories We Have Of Him"
1501434 Sergeant John Dennis Gordon Bunker, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 16th July 1943.
1129034 Sergeant Bertram George Arthur Cooper, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 16th July 1943, aged 32. Son of George and Emily Cooper; husband of Clara Noreen Cooper of Christleton, Cheshire. His headstone bears the inscription "Well Done, Thou Good And Faithful Servant"
BNA/13809220 Private Joachim Kalstein, Special Air Service Regiment, A.A.C, died 27th August 1944, aged 24.
1620745 Sergeant Ronald Daniel McKeown, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 16th July 1943, aged 20. Son of Daniel and Lilian McKeown of Blundellsands, Liverpool. His headstone bears the inscription "On Whose Soul Sacred Heart Of Jesus Have Mercy. May He Rest In Eternal Peace"
658178 Sergeant Harry Briggs Mellor, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 16th July 1943, aged 21. Son of Harry Briggs Mellor and Mary Mellor. His headstone bears the inscription "A Duty Nobly Done"
1297114 Sergeant Ronald Alfred William Morse, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 16th July 1943, aged 23. Son of Frederick Augustus and Gwendoline May Morse of Barry, Glamorgan; husband of Doris Emily Morse of Barry. His headstone bears the inscription "At The Going Down Of The Sun And In The Morning I Will Remember You"
149906 Pilot Officer Hedley Millard Smith, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 16th July 1943, aged 32. Son of Henry Dawson and Jennie Smith of Sheffield; husband of Joan Smith of Sheffield. His headstone bears the inscription "God Gave Us A Memory That We May Have Roses In December"
Pictures and Flight Details © Barry Cuttell
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