Villiers-le-Duc (St. Phal) Churchyard
Côte d'Or, France

Pictures courtesy of Barry Cuttell

 

 

Villiers-le-Duc is a village 60 kilometres north-west of Dijon in the Department of the Côte d'Or. The best approach is by the road on the east side of the church at Vanvey. The graves of seven WW2 aimen who died on the 11th December 1942 are to the left of the main entrance

   

Flight Details:

Base: R.A.F. Melbourne, Yorkshire
Unit: 10 Sqdn. Bomber Command
Aircraft: Halifax Mk II, serial DG222
Target, Factories at Turin, Italy
Incident: Aircraft crashed at Villiers-le-Duc following engine failure. There were no survivors

 

Burial Details:

 

Sgt. Cyril Frederick BUDGEN, Royal Canadian Air Force, aged 20. Son of Arthur and Esther Budgen of Redhill, Surrey


Sgt. Raymond William John CROOKS, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, aged 22. Son of William James and Lilian Crooks of Thorpe Bay, Essex


Flight Sgt. John Leonard DUNLOP. Royal Canadian Air Force, aged 23. Son of Wilbert James and Bella May Dunlop of Perth, Ontario, Canada


Warrant Officer Class II Alfred Roger JUNEAU, Royal Canadian Air Force, aged 21. Son of Oscar and Ange Aimée Juneau of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada


Sgt. George KILPATRICK, Royal Air Force, aged 22. Son of Andrew and Jemima Kilpatrick, of Edinburgh


Flying Officer Clare Arthur McROBERTS, Royal Canadian Air Force, aged 29. Son of Arthur A. and Lilian M. McRoberts of Norwood, Ontario, Canada


Sgt. Phillip Alexander WARREN, Royal Air Force, aged 24. Son of William Henry and Dorothy Warren; husband of Dorothy Warren of East Grinstead, Sussex

 

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