Neuilly L'Hopital Churchyard
Somme, France

Pictures courtesy of Barry Cuttell

 

Neuilly-L'Hôpital is a village and commune in the Department of the Somme, some 8 kilometres north-north-east of Abbeville and about 800 metres due east of the N.28 road to Hesdin. Some 7 metres west of the church tower and main door is the grave of an WW2 Australian airman

   

Flight Details:

R.A.F. Base: Waddington, Lincolnshire
Unit: 467 Sqdn. Bomber Command
Aircraft: Lancaster Mk. III, serial LM450
Target: Flying-Bomb installations, Prouville, Somme
Incident: The aircraft crashed at Neuilly-l'Hôpital killing the above mentioned airman.

Sgt. J. W. D. Carey (RAF) and Flt. Sgt. J. W. R. Down (RAAF) escaped capture. The following crew members were taken prisoner:
Flt. Sgt. J. M. Hughes (RAAF)
Flt. Sgt. P. P. Hardwick (RAAF)
Flt. Sgt. W. J. Conway (RAAF)
Sgt. F. H. Paget (RAF

 

 

Burial Details:

 

Pilot Officer Arthur Albert William BERRYMAN, Royal Australian Air Force. Died 25th June 1944, aged 29. Son of Frederick Langley and Gertrude Annie Berryman; husband of Agnes Elizabeth Berryman of Victoria Park, Western Australia

 

 

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