| Ouroux-sur-Saône Communal Cemetery |
| Saone-et-Loire, France |
Pictures courtesy of Barry Cuttell
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Ouroux-sur-Saône is 10 kilometres south of Chalon-sur-Saône and 40
kilometres north of Macon in the Department of the Saône-et-Loire. The one
British airman's grave is left of the entrance in the plot before the
central memorial. It is a private memorial to Flight Lieut. Antoine RIPPON,
D.F.C. 107 Sqdn. Royal Air Force, died on 26th August 1944. There is no
CWGC headstone.
The Inscription reads: To the memory of F/Lt. Antoine RIPPON who, wounded, stayed with his aircraft to enable his navigator to escape. 26th Août 1944.
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