VOUÉ CHURCHYARD
Aube
France
Location Information
Voué is a village and commune 16 kilometres north of Troyes, and 12 kilometres south of Arcis-sur-Aube. In the churchyard, near the middle of the northern boundary, are the graves of nine British airmen.
Flight Details:(A)
RAF Base: Ludford Magna, Lincolnshire
Unit: 101 Sqdn. Bomber Command
Aircraft: Lancaster Mk III, serial LM467
Target: Mailly-le-Camp, Aube
Incident: Crashed at Voué, Aube. There were no survivors.
Flight Details:(B)
RAF Base: Kirmington, Lincolnshire
Unit: 166 Sqdn. Bomber Command
Aircraft: Lancaster Mk I, serial LL743
Target: Mailly-le-Camp, Aube
Incident: Crashed at Chapelle-Vallon, Aube.
Sgt. W. T. Violett escaped. The following were taken prisoner: Sgts. F. S. Soloman,
R. G. Marks, C. Farley and Flt. Sgt. J. A. Sanderson.
Burial Details:
Flight A
Sgt. James BAILEY, aged 19. Son of John and Alice Bailey of Harden, Yorkshire
Sgt. Norman Reginald BISHOP, aged 20. Son of Herbert Reginald and Elsie Bishop of Billesley, Birmingham
Sgt. Eric Edward BORTON
Sgt. Arthur James BOWLES, aged 19. Son of Lt. Commdr. Herbert Bowles, R.N.V.R. and Hilda Bowles of Gosforth, Newcastle-on-Tyne
Pilot Officer John Joseph GORMAN, aged 25. Son of John William and Hilda Gorman
Flt. Sgt. Nigel Arthur LACEY-JOHNSON, aged 23. Son of Richard Arnold and Florence Christine Lacey-Johnson of Christmas Common, Oxon
Flying Officer Kenneth William Angus MUIR, aged 22. Son of William Angus and Clara A. Muir; stepson of Nora Muir of Whatlington, Sussex
Sgt. John Gregory WOODS.
Flight B
Sgt. Jack Arthur William BODSWORTH, aged 27. Son of Arthur and Alice Daisy Bosworth of Bromley, Kent.
Pictures and Flight Details © Barry Cuttell
Voué is a village and commune 16 kilometres north of Troyes, and 12 kilometres south of Arcis-sur-Aube. In the churchyard, near the middle of the northern boundary, are the graves of nine British airmen.
Flight Details:(A)
RAF Base: Ludford Magna, Lincolnshire
Unit: 101 Sqdn. Bomber Command
Aircraft: Lancaster Mk III, serial LM467
Target: Mailly-le-Camp, Aube
Incident: Crashed at Voué, Aube. There were no survivors.
Flight Details:(B)
RAF Base: Kirmington, Lincolnshire
Unit: 166 Sqdn. Bomber Command
Aircraft: Lancaster Mk I, serial LL743
Target: Mailly-le-Camp, Aube
Incident: Crashed at Chapelle-Vallon, Aube.
Sgt. W. T. Violett escaped. The following were taken prisoner: Sgts. F. S. Soloman,
R. G. Marks, C. Farley and Flt. Sgt. J. A. Sanderson.
Burial Details:
Flight A
Sgt. James BAILEY, aged 19. Son of John and Alice Bailey of Harden, Yorkshire
Sgt. Norman Reginald BISHOP, aged 20. Son of Herbert Reginald and Elsie Bishop of Billesley, Birmingham
Sgt. Eric Edward BORTON
Sgt. Arthur James BOWLES, aged 19. Son of Lt. Commdr. Herbert Bowles, R.N.V.R. and Hilda Bowles of Gosforth, Newcastle-on-Tyne
Pilot Officer John Joseph GORMAN, aged 25. Son of John William and Hilda Gorman
Flt. Sgt. Nigel Arthur LACEY-JOHNSON, aged 23. Son of Richard Arnold and Florence Christine Lacey-Johnson of Christmas Common, Oxon
Flying Officer Kenneth William Angus MUIR, aged 22. Son of William Angus and Clara A. Muir; stepson of Nora Muir of Whatlington, Sussex
Sgt. John Gregory WOODS.
Flight B
Sgt. Jack Arthur William BODSWORTH, aged 27. Son of Arthur and Alice Daisy Bosworth of Bromley, Kent.
Pictures and Flight Details © Barry Cuttell
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