VERRIÈRES CHURCHYARD
Aube
France
Location Information
Verrières is a village 10 kilometres south-south-east of Troyes in the Department of the Aube. The church is on the Rue de St. Martin. The graves of seven WW2 airmen who died on the 26th July 1944 are on the far left side from the entrance.
They are commemorated on three headstones.
Flight Details:
R.A.F. Base: Grimsby, Lincolnshire
Unit. 100 Sqdn. Bomber Command
Aircraft: Lancaster Mk I, serial LL915
Target: Stuttgart, Germany
Incident: Aircraft crashed at Verrières (Aube) France. There were no survivors.
Burial Details:
Flying Officer Douglas Payne BILLMAN, Royal Australian Air Force, aged 21. Son of George Henry and Ethel Louisa Billman of St. Kilda, Victoria, Australia.
Sgt. Anthony John BRAMBLE, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
Sgt. Roy Kenneth DOVE, Royal Air Force, aged 20. Son of Thomas and Gertrude Dove of West Norwood, London.
Sgt. John George Furness EVANS, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, aged 20. Son of John Raven and Annie Gillespie Evans of Claughton, Cheshire.
Sgt. James MELVILLE, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, aged 30.
Flying Officer Royston Edwards MONK, Royal Air Force, aged 21. Son of Richard George and Margaret Mary Monk of Ferndale, Glamorgan.
Flight Sgt. Joseph SHEEN, Royal Australian Air Force, aged 22. Son of Charles Henry Joseph and Alma Joyce Sheen of Raymond Terrace, New South Wales, Australia.
Pictures and Flight Details © Barry Cuttell
Verrières is a village 10 kilometres south-south-east of Troyes in the Department of the Aube. The church is on the Rue de St. Martin. The graves of seven WW2 airmen who died on the 26th July 1944 are on the far left side from the entrance.
They are commemorated on three headstones.
Flight Details:
R.A.F. Base: Grimsby, Lincolnshire
Unit. 100 Sqdn. Bomber Command
Aircraft: Lancaster Mk I, serial LL915
Target: Stuttgart, Germany
Incident: Aircraft crashed at Verrières (Aube) France. There were no survivors.
Burial Details:
Flying Officer Douglas Payne BILLMAN, Royal Australian Air Force, aged 21. Son of George Henry and Ethel Louisa Billman of St. Kilda, Victoria, Australia.
Sgt. Anthony John BRAMBLE, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
Sgt. Roy Kenneth DOVE, Royal Air Force, aged 20. Son of Thomas and Gertrude Dove of West Norwood, London.
Sgt. John George Furness EVANS, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, aged 20. Son of John Raven and Annie Gillespie Evans of Claughton, Cheshire.
Sgt. James MELVILLE, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, aged 30.
Flying Officer Royston Edwards MONK, Royal Air Force, aged 21. Son of Richard George and Margaret Mary Monk of Ferndale, Glamorgan.
Flight Sgt. Joseph SHEEN, Royal Australian Air Force, aged 22. Son of Charles Henry Joseph and Alma Joyce Sheen of Raymond Terrace, New South Wales, Australia.
Pictures and Flight Details © Barry Cuttell
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