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F/O. John Ellyatt

Royal Air Force 10 Squadron

from:West Hartlepool

(d.10th June 1944)

I am the representative in Mayenne French Remembrance which ensures the maintenance of the graves of French soldiers and foreigners in my department. In Laval, in particular, 14 airmen from two RAF crews of 10 Squadron Halifax fell in Laval on 10th June 1944. On May 8th, the colours of the RAF will rise above their graves, flowers laid by children and elders of the French Air Force and their honours are rendered. I would like to complete the record I have made of this sad event, if possible with a picture of these two crews. Does anyone have one?

The crew members buried in Laval (Valfleury) Communal Cemetery, E Sub-Sec. D Row 1, are:

  • P/O Fred Beales, J/89951, age 20, Royal Canadian Air Force (Canadian), joint grave 42945-42946.
  • Sgt Hugh Bradbury, 1425774, age 20, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve (United Kingdom), grave 42939.
  • Sgt Leslie Arthur Brotherton, 1576786, age 24, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve (United Kingdom), grave 42937.
  • F/O Gilbert Daniel, 151788, age 22, Royal Air Force (United Kingdom), grave 42947.
  • F/O John Ellyatt, 51911, age 27, Royal Air Force (United Kingdom), grave 42943.
  • Sgt Philip Gaines, 1549492 Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve (United Kingdom), grave 42942.
  • F/O Norman Randall Henderson, 144341, age 21, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve (United Kingdom), joint grave 42940.
  • P/O Thomas Whyndam Henderson, 415981, age 27, Royal Australian Air Force (Australian), grave 42941.
  • F/O Robert Keith Marshall, 151917, Age 30, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve (United Kingdom), grave 42949.
  • Sgt Albert Mason, 2211801, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve (United Kingdom), grave 42948.
  • Sgt Stanley William Peake, 1606629, age 36, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve (United Kingdom), grave 42938.
  • Sgt Alfred Charles Perkins, 1461925, age 22, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve (United Kingdom), joint grave 42945-42946.
  • F/O Willem Jacob Van Stockum, 144600, age 33, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve (United Kingdom), grave 42944.
  • Flt.Sgt Edward Charles Wicks, 1376921, age 33, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve (United Kingdom), joint grave 42940.



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