On april 17 1943 Halifax Mk II DT-752 frm No 408 RCAF crashed bear Nassogne in Belgium killing the crew.
F/O Joseph Raymond Louis Sergent
Pilot J/20028RCAF Sgt Harry George Machell
Flight engineerR/81119RCAF
Sgt Geoffrey Maxted Hill
Sgt Donald Frederick Cargrave
W/Ops-Gunner1272498RCAF
They are buried at the Heverlee War Cemetry in Belgium , initialy they were buried by the Germans at the allied cemetry on the nightfighter airfield of St-Trond ( Sint-Truiden in Dutch ) in Belgium.Does somebody can help finding back their grave numbers at the Allied cemetry.
I don't believe the cemetery at St Trond was ever anything but German with the airfield being a nightfighter base for the Luftwaffe.After the war CWGC moved all bodies to other cemeteries chiefly Heverlee. Cwgc no longer lists St Trond on their website Dick
There was an allied cemetery on the airfiled of Saint-Trond. I'm 100% sure! The German cemetery was not located on the airfiled. German soldiers/crews were till the end of 1942 buried on the cemetery of Schuurhoven, Saint-Trond. The remains of the German soldiers/crews were transfered to the "Ehrenfriedhof" Brustem (village near the base) at the end of 1942 till May 1948. The CWGC moved the remains of the allied airmen from the airfield to Heverlee (Leuven) and other cemeteries after the war. CWGC has almost or all the gravenumbers of the allied crewmembers in their files.
Greetings from Belgium
Alexander
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HIS NAME I OFT RECALL. THERE IS NOTHING LEFT TO ANSWER BUT HIS PICTURE ON THE WALL
I know this is a very old post, but do you still have access to the list of Canadians initially buried at St Trond. I am trying to establish whether Leslie Ernest Carey was buried there. He was a flight engineer who was KIA (we believe over Wandre) on 29th June 1943 [Halifax HR812].
Also, do you have any information relating to the location of the crash site?
Regards
Pete
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Researching:
- CA Butler and the loss of Lancaster ME334
- Aircrew Training WWII (Basic / Trade / Operational)
- No. 35 Squadron [From Thetford to Scampton]
[Always looking for COPIES of original documents / photographs etc relating to these subjects]
i believe i just messaged you on another board. but if you need more info on leslie feel free to email me he is my great uncle and i have lots of info. he is buried in heverlee as well :) have a great day
Sorry mate nothing on the pilot, the Kiwi Nav was Sgt Francis Henry Brown. born at Masterton NZ and was employed as a storeman. He trained as a pilot but failed the course at 3 EFTS in 10 Nov 1941. He started training 20 Dec 1941 but was terminated in Jan 1942. Re-musted as a Nav and went to Canada and passed out and left for the UK on 25 Sept 1942.he went to 15 OTU on 31 Dec 1942 then to 1663 HCU 13 April 1943. He was the son of Samuel Adam & Jessie Brown of Ponsonby Auckland New Zealand.
