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Crozon Cemetery

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  • Nom
    Crozon Cemetery
  • Lieu
    CROZON
  • Contribution
    BOUDOT Philippe
  • ID
    2580.2693

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War Cemeteries
Crozon Cemetery
Crozon Cemetery

The Crozon cemetery houses the graves of the crew members killed in action on August 14, 1944, of the Lancaster I PD222 of 44 Squandron, which had taken off from Dunholme Lodge on a mission to bomb the military port of Brest.

★Flight Sergeant John Malcolm McLEOD, Machine Gunner ,Royal Canadian Air Force, age 31.
★Flying Officer Hugh Gordon GILCHRIST, Pilot, Royal Canadian Air Force, age 20 .
★Flying Officer Richard Walter MERCER,Royal Australian Air Force, 23 years.

The Crozon cemetery also houses the graves of the aviators of the Bristol Blenheim IV N°L9318 which had taken off from the Roya Air Force airfield at Tangmere. The Germans were in Brest and in the confusion the French anti-aircraft defense (Keradiguen battery), thinking it was a German mine-wetter, fired and hit the Bristol which crashed on Goulien beach. As witnesses looked on, the plane burst into flames.

★ Sergeant Field Martin, pilot, Royal Air Force, 24 years old.
★ Sergeant Murrie David, radio and machine gunner, 19 years old.
★ Aircraft Man Pickford Edward, machine gunner, RAF volunteer.

It also houses the graves of the crew of the bomber Avro Lancaster L 7322 of 207 Squadron, Royal Air Force, which took off on January 9, 1942 from Bottesford airfield on a mission to bombthe port of Brest, it was shot down by the German FLAK.
★ Sergeant Goldie Peter Charles Herber, machine gunner, Royal Australian Air Force, age 19.
★ Sergeant Seymour William Rex, machine gunner, Royal Australian Air Force, age 23.
★ Captain Bayley George Reginald, pilot, Royal Air Force.

The bodies of the rest of the crew have not been recovered and lie at sea.
Griffiths Richard Vivian, gunner, Royal Air Force, 20 years old.
Toohill Noel Messines, 2nd pilot Royal Australian Air Force.
Harris Alexender Gordon, observer, Royal Air Force, 22 years old.
Jones John Elias , machine gunner,Royal Air Force, 21 years old.

Finally, the cemetery is home to the grave of Camille Coatalem, a political deportee who died at the Nazi concentration campof Bergen-Belsen on May 12, 1944, and an unknown aviator.

Contribution and photo credit Philippe Boudot.

 
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Crozon Cemetery
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Crozon Cemetery
Crozon Cemetery.
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Crozon Cemetery
Crozon Cemetery.
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Crozon Cemetery
Crozon Cemetery.
Cimetieres
Crozon Cemetery
Crozon Cemetery.
Cimetieres
Crozon Cemetery
Crozon Cemetery.
Cimetieres
Crozon Cemetery
Crozon Cemetery.
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Crozon Cemetery

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