war graves

[Tony 858]

Is there a possiblity to find out were killed airmen have been buried during the war .
And how the CWGC reburied them after the war .
Is from every reburied casualty a report and were can I find this ?

Regrads

Tony

[alclark]

While I don't actually know the answer to this question, I suspect that it lies in the archives of the CWGC at Maidenhead.

[dennis_burke]

Tony, can you let us know which airmen you are reffering to? We might be able to tell you.

[aestorm]

Tony

Many airmen who crashed in northern Italy in 1944, while supply dropping to partisans, were hastily buried in local cemeteries before the enemy & fascist groups found the bodies .These bodies were mostly re -interred at the end of the war into a CWGC cemetery in Milan, in particular by New Zealand soldiers & possibly other army groups.

Anne

[dennis_burke]

Hello Tony,

the crew and aricraft you are refering to per your PM is:

The crew was from Lancaster PB 405

Pilot F/O LW Leonard 176559
Flight eng Sgt D J Carter 1398317
Nav F/S J M Davies 1317991
Bomaimer F/S J W C Mabbutt 1610176
Bomaimer F/S J K Stobbs 1549518
W/O F/S J Webster 1077210
Midupper Sgt W Johnson 1835421
Tailgun Sgt J R Sutherland 2220532

All the crewmembers of this Lancaster are buried now at Venray War cemetery
But they crashed somewere between Roggel and Heythuysen but no one knows anything about this crash because during that time many people are evacuate from the villages above.

I don't have the answer but others on the board here might, best to tell them and not just me!

Same aircraft from your old thread:
http://www.rafcommands.com/forum/showthread.php?t=9123&highlight=PB405

And some one replied to your thread on TOCH, telling you the crash location was
"The crashplace was near Heythuizen, which is approx. 8 kilometers NW of Roermond in the Netherlands
http://forum.12oclockhigh.net/showthread.php?p=111351

regards

Dennis

[mike]

Tony,

July 21 , 1944 there was the crash of Lancaster ME752 of 75 squadron RNZAF(terrible day for the squadron they lost six bombers that day) in Heythuysen so quite nearby Lanc PB 405.There is a website about the unveiling of a memorial in memory of the brave men of ME752.The website is www.lancastermonument.nl
It's also in English.Maybe if you drop a line at their questbook or sent them an message there is maybe a local who can tell you more about the PB405.
Quite worthwile to look at the website a beautiful memory to the crew.


Mike