Commonwealth War Graves Sassenay

On the Churchyard in Sassenay are eight Commonwealth war graves. These are the graves of F/S A.A. Balcome, W/O J.H. Dugan, F/O K.A.Gough, F/L S.G. Matkin, F/O J.W. O'Hara, F/S J.B. Paterson, F/L R.C.C. Taylor and Sgt. A. Whatmore.
On August 14, 1943 at 2102 departs from Oakington airbase the Lancaster JA850 with the mission a raid over the city of Milan in Italy. For unknown reasons it crashed into Sassenay. In the crash all crew members were killed, they are all buried in this cemetery. In Sassenay is a monument that commemorates the crew members.

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• Text: TracesOfWar.nl
• Photos: TracesOfWar.com