SASSENAY CHURCHYARD
Saône-et-Loire
France
Location Information
Sassenay is a village and commune 8 kilometres north-east of Chalon and some 57 kilometres north of Macon. The churchyard is in the centre of the village. The collective grave of four British, two Canadian, one Australian and one New Zealand airmen is right of the entrance to the churchyard, opposite the main entrance to the church.
There are eight burials on four headstones. There is a rather modern monument at the crash site. All the airmen died on the 15th August 1943.
Flight Details:
R.A.F. Base: Oakington, Cambridgeshire
Unit: 7 Sqdn. Bomber Command
Aircraft: Lancaster Mk III, serial JA850
Target: Milan, Northern Italy
Incident: The aircraft crashed at Sassenay. There were no survivors.
Pictures © Barry Cuttell and Dan Gilberti
Sassenay is a village and commune 8 kilometres north-east of Chalon and some 57 kilometres north of Macon. The churchyard is in the centre of the village. The collective grave of four British, two Canadian, one Australian and one New Zealand airmen is right of the entrance to the churchyard, opposite the main entrance to the church.
There are eight burials on four headstones. There is a rather modern monument at the crash site. All the airmen died on the 15th August 1943.
Flight Details:
R.A.F. Base: Oakington, Cambridgeshire
Unit: 7 Sqdn. Bomber Command
Aircraft: Lancaster Mk III, serial JA850
Target: Milan, Northern Italy
Incident: The aircraft crashed at Sassenay. There were no survivors.
Pictures © Barry Cuttell and Dan Gilberti
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Dan Gilberti - Collection Gilles Moreau via Historia21
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Dan Gilberti - Collection Gilles Moreau via Historia21
J/17065 Flying Officer
James Warren O'Hara
7 (R.A.F.) Sqdn. Royal Canadian Air Force
15th August 1943, aged 21.
Son of Seymour B. O'Hara, and of Dorothy Warren O'Hara, of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Coll. Grave.
Other Burial Details
Pilot Officer Alfred Alexander BALCOMBE. Royal Canadian Air Force, , attd. R.A.F.
Warrant Officer John Henry DUGAN, Royal Australian Air Force., aged 25. Son of George Alfred and Maude Dugan; husband of Heather Isabell Dugan of Hamilton, New South Wales, Australia
Flying Officer Kenneth Adrian GOUGH, Royal Australian Fleet Reserve, aged 28. Son of Harry and Madge Gough; husband of Moira Gough of Nottingham
Fl. Lt. Sidney George MATKIN, D. F. C. Royal Air Force Voluntary Reserve. Aged 24. Son of George James and Annie May Matkin (née Whetnall); husband of Iris Grace Mellor Matkin of Teddington, Middx.
Pilot Officer James Burgess PATERSON, Royal Air Force Voluntary Reserve.
Fl. Lt. Royston Charles Clifford TAYLOR, Royal New Zealand Air Force. Aged 28. Son of Arthur George and Ida Florence Taylor of Devonport, Auckland, New Zealand
Sgt. Alexander WHATMORE, Royal Air Force Voluntary Reserve
James Warren O'Hara
7 (R.A.F.) Sqdn. Royal Canadian Air Force
15th August 1943, aged 21.
Son of Seymour B. O'Hara, and of Dorothy Warren O'Hara, of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Coll. Grave.
Other Burial Details
Pilot Officer Alfred Alexander BALCOMBE. Royal Canadian Air Force, , attd. R.A.F.
Warrant Officer John Henry DUGAN, Royal Australian Air Force., aged 25. Son of George Alfred and Maude Dugan; husband of Heather Isabell Dugan of Hamilton, New South Wales, Australia
Flying Officer Kenneth Adrian GOUGH, Royal Australian Fleet Reserve, aged 28. Son of Harry and Madge Gough; husband of Moira Gough of Nottingham
Fl. Lt. Sidney George MATKIN, D. F. C. Royal Air Force Voluntary Reserve. Aged 24. Son of George James and Annie May Matkin (née Whetnall); husband of Iris Grace Mellor Matkin of Teddington, Middx.
Pilot Officer James Burgess PATERSON, Royal Air Force Voluntary Reserve.
Fl. Lt. Royston Charles Clifford TAYLOR, Royal New Zealand Air Force. Aged 28. Son of Arthur George and Ida Florence Taylor of Devonport, Auckland, New Zealand
Sgt. Alexander WHATMORE, Royal Air Force Voluntary Reserve
