Commonwealth War Graves Rienne

On the Municipal Cemetery in Rienne are three Commonwealth war graves. These are the graves of Sgt J.H.Scorer, Sgt A.B.Fraser and F/S D.L.T.Craig. On 24 August 1942 at 20:40 departed from the airbase RAF Snaith, the Wellington X3414 with the mission a raid over the city of Frankfurt in Germany. For unknown reasons it crashed into Rienne. In the crash, three crew members were killed, these are buried in this cemetery. A fourth crew member F/S J.M.Gibson died from his injuries in Brussel, he is buried at the Municipal Cemetery in Brussels. A fifth crew member survived the crash and was taken prisoner of war by the Germans.

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• Text: TracesOfWar.nl
• Photos: Luc van Waeyenberge (1, 2), Marie-Christine Vinck (3, 4, 5)