Ecuisses Communal Cemetery
Saone-et-Loire, France

Pictures courtesy of Barry Cuttell

The original burial site made by the Germans in 1942

Courtesy of: Collection Gilles Moreau via Histavia21

Ecuisses is a village and commune in the department of the Saone et Loire, some 54 kilometres north-west of Macon, the chief town of the department, and 20 kilometres north-east of Montceau-les-Mines. The cemetery is on the west side of the village, just north of the road leading to Ecuisses. The airmen's graves are right of the entrance in the plot north-east of the memorial.

No. of Identified Casualties: 6

FLIGHT DETAILS
Base: R.A.F. Systerton, Norfolk
Unit: 61 Sqdn. Bomber Command
Aircraft: Lancaster Mark I, serial W4774
Target: Power Station at Montchanin, Saone et Loire, France
Incident: Crashed in a wood near target area 17th October 1942
Of the crew of seven, six are buried here. The rear gunner, Sgt. R. Turtle was taken prisoner, taken to Chalon-sur-Saône Hospital before being transferred to Stalag 6 camp in German. He survived the War.

 

 

The French memorial within the cemetery

       

 

 

Burial details:

 

Sqdn. Leader William Duncan CORR, D.F.C. Royal Air Force.


Sgt. Richard James DELVE, Royal Air Force. Aged 21. Son of Richard James and Mary Ann Delve of Penrhiewtyn, Glamorgan


Sgt. Owen Glynne EDWARDS. Royal Air Force Voluntary Reserve. Aged 29. Son of Thomas John and Mary Jane Edwards of Llannrwst, Denbighshire


Flight Sgt. James Roland MOORE. Royal Canadian Air Force.


Pilot Officer John Colin WEBSTER. Royal New Zealand Air Force. Aged 21. Died as a result of a parachute jump at low altitude. Son of Lawrence William and Mabel Webster (nee Sourness) of Timaru, Canterbury, New Zealand


Flight Sgt. George John Anstey WILLIS. Royal Air Force Voluntary Reserve. Aged 27 Son of Herbert John and Ethel Willis of Exmouth, Devon; husband of Betty Hayes Willis of Torquay, Devon

 

Squadron Leader William Duncan Corr is shown front centre aged 17 holding the ball in this photograph of Ashville College Rugby team taken in 1935

 

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