Letra Communal Cemetery
Rhône, France

Pictures courtesy of Barry Cuttell

 

Létra is a village and commune in the Department of the Rhône, 34 kilometres  north-west of Lyon, the chief town in the Department. The village is on the main road from Lyon to Lamure. The cemetery is south of the village on the western side of the road from Lyon. The graves are to be found north-west of the entrance, in the middle of the plot in the northern part of the cemetery.
 
There are two airmen buried here from the Second World War

 

 

Flight Details:

RAF Base: Woodhall Spa, Lincolnshire
Unit: 627 Sqdn. Bomber Command
Aircraft: Mosquito Mk IV, serial DZ636
Target: Givors, Rhône, France
Incident: Crashed at Letra

 

Burial details:

 

Flying Officer John CHRISTIE. Royal Air Force. 27th July 1944, aged 32. Son of James and Agnes Christie of Brechin, Angus

Flying Officer Dennis Kieran FLAHERTY. Royal Air Force Voluntary Reserve. 27th July 1944, aged 23. Son of John and Mary Delia Flaherty of Bradford, Yorkshire.

 

 

 

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