Les tombes des bombardiers Lancaster

Here lie the seven airmen killed in the crash of their four-engine Avro Lancaster bomber of the 7th Squadron of the Royal Air Force. Their serial plane, N°JB 719, fell on the night of 24-25 April 1944, 500 meters from here, over the station area. It was on a raid on Karlasruhe and collided with another Lancaster of the 626th Squadron, which fell at Haguenau, killing 7 more. The P/O Brenton bomber was Canadian and the six other crew members were British.