619 Squadron - 19 juillet 1944 - MONTREUIL AUX LIONS


619 Squadron R.A.F. du 5 Group
Avro Lancaster matricule LM378 - PG # J - Mission : bombardement d'installations ferroviaires à Revigny-sur-Ornain (Meuse) -

Le bombardier est abattu par un chasseur de nuit vers 1 h. 15 à 16 km OSO de Château-Thierry.

Sources voir : W R CHORLEY - Bomber Command Losses 1944


Sergeant RICHARD BELTON COX mitrailleur S
Service Number: 1821808
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
619 Sqdn.
Date of Death : Died 19 July 1944
Buried at MONTREUIL-AUX-LIONS BRITISH CEMETERY (Aisne - France)
2. D. Coll. grave 4-5.
Country of Service : United Kingdom



Sergeant ARTHUR ERNEST CURTIS radio (wireless operator)
Service Number: 1398725
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
619 Sqdn.
Date of Death / Died 19 July 1944
Age 19 years old
Buried at MONTREUIL-AUX-LIONS BRITISH CEMETERY (Aisne - France)
2. D. Coll. grave 4-5.
Country of Service United Kingdom
Additional Info / Son of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Ernest Curtis; husband of Iris Mary Curtis, of Calne, Wiltshire.
Personal Inscription / IN MEMORY OF MY BELOVED HUSBAND, CALLED TO REST SUDDENLY; ALWAYS REMEMBERED



Flight Sergeant ARNOLD WILLIAM HABERGHAM navigateur
Service Number: 1129143
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
619 Sqdn.
Date of Death : Died 19 July 1944
Age 31 years old
Buried at MONTREUIL-AUX-LIONS BRITISH CEMETERY (Aisne - France)
2. D. 1.
Country of Service United Kingdom
Additional Info : Son of William Crowther Habergham and Eleanor Habergham, of Morley, Yorkshire.
Personal Inscription : ONE OF THE BEST. WORTHY OF REMEMBRANCE



Sergeant MAX LOOSLI mitrailleur A
Service Number: 1594457
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
619 Sqdn.
Date of Death : Died 19 July 1944
Buried at
MONTREUIL-AUX-LIONS BRITISH CEMETERY (Aisne - France)
2. D. 2.
Country of Service United Kingdom
Additional Info : Son of Max and Mary Ann Loosli, of Brixton, London; husband of Stella Maris Loosli.
Personal Inscription : HE THOUGHT OF OTHERS TO THE LAST, WE SHALL MISS HIM SADLY TILL OUR LIVES HAVE PASSED



Flying Officer FRANK FRANCIS MOLINAS pilote
Service Number: 425454
Royal Australian Air Force
Date of Death : Died 19 July 1944
Age 23 years old
Buried at
MONTREUIL-AUX-LIONS BRITISH CEMETERY (Aisne - France)
2. D. Coll. grave 4-5.
Country of Service Australian
Awards Distinguished Flying Cross
Additional Info : Son of Charles and Mary Jose Molinas, of Mackay, Queensland, Australia.
Personal Inscription : ALWAYS REMEMBERED

VOIR : 425454 Flying Officer (FO) Frank (Francisco) Francis Molinas R.A.A.F.
https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/C1120994



Flight Sergeant LEONARD MORGAN bombardier
Service Number: 1396983
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
619 Sqdn.
Date of Death : Died 19 July 1944
Age 23 years old
Buried at
MONTREUIL-AUX-LIONS BRITISH CEMETERY (Aisne - France)
2. D. 3.
Country of Service United Kingdom
Additional Info : Son of Daniel and Evelyn Morgan, of Chertsey, Surrey. His brother Alun Milsom Morgan also fell.
Personal Inscription : "SLEEP ON, BELOVED"

Seul le mécanicien James Alexander NEALEY sort vivant de l'appareil et arrive à échapper à la capture - n° matricule (serial number 1590700. natif de Chirley, Southampton (UK). Il put rejoindre le Royaume-Uni le 1er septembre 1944.
James Alexander NEALEY était ingénieur de vol à bord de l'Avro Lancaster LM378 - PG # J. Seul survivant de l'équipage, il réussit à s'échapper et a pu être caché par la résistance française qui l'emmena par la suite vers Paris. Là, il resta caché jusqu'à la libération de la capitale, fin août 1944, et put être rapatrié en Angleterre par les Américains quelques jours plus tard.


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Cordialement
Eric Abadie