WAMBERCOURT CHURCHYARD
Pas De Calais
France
GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 50.42778, Longitude: 2.01886
Location Information
Wambercourt is a village in the Department of the Pas-de-Calais, situated 66 kilometres west-north-west of Arras and 9.4 kilometres north of Hesdin. The graves of 3 airmen lie close to the south-western corner of the church, near the western boundary of the churchyard. They died on the 9th September 1940.
Flight Details:
Base: R.A.F. Wattisham, Suffolk
Unit: 107 Sqdn. Bomber Command
Aircraft: Blenheim Mk. V, serial T1831
Target: Enemy installations, Oostende, Belgium
Incident: The aircraft crashed at Wambercourt. There were no survivors
(Flight information courtesy of Barry Cuttell)
Wambercourt is a village in the Department of the Pas-de-Calais, situated 66 kilometres west-north-west of Arras and 9.4 kilometres north of Hesdin. The graves of 3 airmen lie close to the south-western corner of the church, near the western boundary of the churchyard. They died on the 9th September 1940.
Flight Details:
Base: R.A.F. Wattisham, Suffolk
Unit: 107 Sqdn. Bomber Command
Aircraft: Blenheim Mk. V, serial T1831
Target: Enemy installations, Oostende, Belgium
Incident: The aircraft crashed at Wambercourt. There were no survivors
(Flight information courtesy of Barry Cuttell)
Images in gallery below © Johan Pauwels
43704 Pilot Officer
Charles De Vic Halkett
Pilot in 107 Squadron, Royal Air Force
9th September 1940, aged 25.
Son of Alice Jane Canning of Whangarei, Auckland, New Zealand.
Charles De Vic Halkett
Pilot in 107 Squadron, Royal Air Force
9th September 1940, aged 25.
Son of Alice Jane Canning of Whangarei, Auckland, New Zealand.
Burial Details
755173 Sergeant James Harley Easton, Wireless Operator/Air Gunner in 107 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 9th September 1940.
755443 Sergeant Alec Victor Jacobs, Observer in 107 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 9th September 1940, aged 21. Son of Mrs. E. M. Jacobs of St. Pancras, London. His headstone bears the inscription "A Lonely Foreign Grave Where Loving Hands No Flowers Can Bring. Mum And Dad."
755173 Sergeant James Harley Easton, Wireless Operator/Air Gunner in 107 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 9th September 1940.
755443 Sergeant Alec Victor Jacobs, Observer in 107 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 9th September 1940, aged 21. Son of Mrs. E. M. Jacobs of St. Pancras, London. His headstone bears the inscription "A Lonely Foreign Grave Where Loving Hands No Flowers Can Bring. Mum And Dad."
