Webbekom Churchyard contains the graves of 7 crewmembers of Lancaster III JA976 "S for Sugar" which crashed in Webbekom on 28 April 1944. Six died in the crash, the seventh died in 1 May 1944. The pilot survived and was helped by the resistance. He was captured in a razzia and died in Neuengamme on 23 January 1945. He is buried on the field of honour in Meensel-Kiezegem.
These are the graves of:
RCAF - 28-04-1944
Flight Lieutenant Lawrence Allen, J/14769, age 26
Flight Lieutenant David Ramsay, J/12973
Flight Lieutenant George John Smith, J/21564
Pilot Officer Robert Alexander Booth, C/19795, age 26
Pilot Officer Nicholas Hugh Clifford, J/87453, age 35
Pilot Officer Leslie Arthur Foster, J/87480, age 26
RAF - 28-04-1944
Flight Sergeant James Sydney Bradley, 1314683, age 21.
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