WIERRE-EFFROY CHURCHYARD
Pas De Calais
France
GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 50.77782, Longitude: 1.73824
Location Information
Wierre-Effroy is a village and commune 12 kilometres north-east of Boulogne-sur-Mer and about 5 kilometres south-east of Marquise, a small town on the main road N.1) from Boulogne to Calais. In the churchyard, west of the church tower and by the church wall is the grave of a British airman.
Wierre-Effroy is a village and commune 12 kilometres north-east of Boulogne-sur-Mer and about 5 kilometres south-east of Marquise, a small town on the main road N.1) from Boulogne to Calais. In the churchyard, west of the church tower and by the church wall is the grave of a British airman.
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566457 Sergeant
Paul Henry Klipsch
Pilot in 92 Squadron, Royal Air Force
23rd May 1940, aged 24.
Son of Frederick Arthur Klipsch and Lily Mabel Wynn-Owen (formerly Klipsch), of Watford, Herts.
Paul was shot down while flying his MkI Spitfire GR-H, registration number P9373, over Dunquerque on the first day of the Squadron's engagement with the enemy.
Paul Henry Klipsch
Pilot in 92 Squadron, Royal Air Force
23rd May 1940, aged 24.
Son of Frederick Arthur Klipsch and Lily Mabel Wynn-Owen (formerly Klipsch), of Watford, Herts.
Paul was shot down while flying his MkI Spitfire GR-H, registration number P9373, over Dunquerque on the first day of the Squadron's engagement with the enemy.
