Sains-les-Marquion Churchyard

Pas de Calais

Pictures courtesy of Barry Cuttell

 

Sains-les-Marquion a village in the Department of the Pas-de-Calais some 15 kilometres north-west of Cambrai, just south of the D939 Cambrai to Arras road. In the west corner of the churchyard is the grave of 1 airman.

Flight Details:

Unit: 111 Sqdn. Fighter Command
Aircraft: Hurricane, Mk 1, serial L1720
Duty: Patrol
Incident: missing whilst on patrol, presumed shot down

 

Burial Details:

 

Pilot Officer Iain Colin MOORWOOD, Royal Air Force. 19th May 1940, aged 21. Son of James Colin and Dorothy Moorwood of Boscombe, Hampshire

 

 

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