La Ville-aux-Bois Churchyard
Aube, France

Pictures courtesy of Barry Cuttell

 

La Ville-au-Bois is a small village in the Department of the Aube, 56 kilometres east-north-east of Troyes, and some 14 kilometres east of Brienne-le-Château. It has the distinction of being the smallest commune in France, having only some twenty inhabitants. The graves of the two British airmen of the Second World War are between the south-east corner of the church and the local memorial near the south-east boundary of the church.

 

 

Flight Details:

Base: R.A.F. Foulsham, Norfolk
Unit: 192 Sqdn. Bomber Command
Aircraft: Halifax Mk III, serial MZ570
Target: Mailly-le-Camp, Aube
Incident: The aircraft crashed at La Ville-aux-Bois. Of the remaining crew, Sgt. F. Stormont and Flying Office T. W. Munro escaped.
Fl. Sgt. H. R. Gibson, Sgt. J. O. Ackroyd, Sgt. F. L. Preece, Warrant Officer, 2nd Class E. Elder (R.C.A.F.) and Sgt. W. Nicholson were taken prisoner

Burial Details:

 

Sgt. Albert William BURTON. Royal Air Force Voluntary Reserve. 4th May 1944, aged 35. Son of Albert William and Maud Burton; husband of Florence Burton of Bermondsey, London


Sgt. Edward Cyril COTTRELL, Royal Air Force Voluntary Reserve. 4th May 1944

 

 

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