IN MEMORy by Pierre Vandervelden
The visit of Commonwealth graves in Communals Cemeteries & Churchyards in Belgium & France
LAON (St Just) Communal Cemetery (Aisne France)
L. to R.: W. A. Harrison - V. Carriline - F. D. Jago - K. W. B. Moodie - F. B. Pomeroy - J. A. Shaw - B. E. Smith - P. H. F. W. Leland - A. F. Cheetham |
Sgt Basil Ernest Smith aged 21 | |
On 05/05/1942, Stirling Bomber N6124,
OJ-R of 149 Squadron RAF failed to return from an Operation to Stuttgart.
The aircraft crashed at about 0400 hrs at Agnicourt, NE of Laon. (Please
note that it was not Aguilcourt SE of Laon as recorded by Bill Chorley,
and it was not Agincourt as once reported by Bomber Command Association). All the crew were killed, and they were taken to this Cemetery for burial. (This suggests a Luftwaffe recovery since Laon was a German night-fighter base). |
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Basil receives the visit of his niece,
Ann Mole. The father of David, Ann's husband, Douglas John Mole is buried at Taillette (Fr) |
P/O Patrick Henry Francis William leland
06/05/1942 aged 27 for his relative Nick Hinde |
9 casualties
CARRILINE VICTOR
United Kingdom Flight Sergeant (W.Op./Air Gnr.) Royal Air Force 149 Sqdn. Age:
26 Date of Death: 05/05/1942 Service No: 630417
CHEETHAM ARNOLD FOSTER
United Kingdom Pilot Officer (Pilot) Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve 149 Sqdn.
Age: 27 Date of Death: 05/05/1942 Service No: 103550
HARRISON EDWARD ARTHUR
United Kingdom Flight Sergeant (W. Op. Air) Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
90 Sqdn. Age: 23 Date of Death: 13/04/1944 Service No: 1129675
JAGO FRANCIS DEREK
United Kingdom Flight Sergeant (Air Gnr.) Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
149 Sqdn. Age: 27 Date of Death: 05/05/1942 Service No: 742695
LELAND PATRICK HENRY FRANCIS WILLIAM
New Zealand Pilot Officer (Obs.) Royal New Zealand Air Force 115 (R.A.F.) Sqdn.
Age: 27 Date of Death: 06/05/1942 Service No: 403965
MOODIE KENNETH WILLIAM BYRON
Canadian Flying Officer (Air Obs.) Royal Canadian Air Force 149 (R.A.F.) Sqdn.
Age: 26 Date of Death: 05/05/1942 Service No: J/1211
POMEROY FREDERICK BERTRAM
United Kingdom Sergeant (W.Op./Air Gnr.) Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve 149
Sqdn. Date of Death: 05/05/1942 Service No: 1152526
SHAW JAMES ARTHUR
United Kingdom Flight Sergeant (Air Gnr.) Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
149 Sqdn. Date of Death: 05/05/1942 Service No: 968972
SMITH BASIL ERNEST
United Kingdom Sergeant (Flt. Engr.) Royal Air Force 149 Sqdn. Age: 21 Date
of Death: 05/05/1942 Service No: 569626
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Casualties informations come usualy from Commonwealth War Graves Commission, see links for more informations
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