Historical Information (Source: CWGC)

The small churchyard in the centre of the village contains the graves of 6 airmen of the R.A.F. and 1 of the R.C.A.F., near the south-east corner of the church.

Served with

• Canadian (1)
• United Kingdom (6)

Served in

• Air Force (7)

Avro Lancaster III ME 858 JI-J 514 Sqdn.  Took off 20 July 1944 from RAF Waterbeach at 2307hrs on a mission to attack the oil plant in Homberg on 1944-07-21. Crashed apx 0116hrs  21 July 1944.

Crew

Flying Officer Douglas MILLAR (53841) 28 Pilot RAF

Sergeant William Edward BLORE (2221318) Air Gunner RAF

Flying Officer David Oscar BROWN (J/35242) Navigator RCAF

Sergeant Norman DERHAM (1896733) 25 Flight Engineer RAF

Sergeant Harry Matthews GLANSFORD (1542381) 23 Air Bomber RAF

Sergeant George Henry HOLT (1127147) 22 Wireless Op RAF

Sergeant Harold Edwin LONG (3030276) 20 Air Gunner RAF