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WW2 German plane shot down, St Audries Bay,England 1941, bodies in graveyard
« on: Tuesday 18 November 14 17:18 GMT (UK) »
Help please, how do I find out more about this plane and it's occupants who are now buried in the local graveyard. The graves have been tended by a local man and now has a commemorative headstone, but no names are known.  Any help would be useful to find out who these young German men were. They crashed into St Audries Bay, West Somerset, England, around 1941 I believe, possibly coming back from a raid on Wales?

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Re: WW2 German plane shot down, St Audries Bay,England 1941, bodies in graveyard
« Reply #1 on: Tuesday 18 November 14 17:35 GMT (UK) »
Not sure if this is any help it says "A German aircraft crashed in the Bristol Channel off St Audries in West Somerset" http://ww2db.com/battle_spec.php?battle_id=95
Leicestershire:Chamberlain, Dakin, Wilkinson, Moss, Cook, Welland, Dobson, Roper,Palfreman, Squires, Hames, Goddard, Topliss, Twells,Bacon.
Northamps:Sykes, Harris, Rice,Knowles.
Rutland:Clements, Dalby, Osbourne, Durance, Smith,Christian, Royce, Richardson,Oakham, Dewey,Newbold,Cox,Chamberlaine,Brow, Cooper, Bloodworth,Clarke
Durham/Yorks:Woodend, Watson,Parker, Dowser
Suffolk/Norfolk:Groom, Coleman, Kemp, Barnard, Alden,Blomfield,Smith,Howes,Knight,Kett,Fryston
Lincolnshire:Clements, Woodend

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Re: WW2 German plane shot down, St Audries Bay,England 1941, bodies in graveyard
« Reply #2 on: Tuesday 18 November 14 17:37 GMT (UK) »
Garrad (Suffolk, Essex, Somerset), Crocker (Somerset), Vanstone (Devon, Jersey), Sims (Wiltshire), Bridger (Kent)

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Re: WW2 German plane shot down, St Audries Bay,England 1941, bodies in graveyard
« Reply #3 on: Tuesday 18 November 14 18:40 GMT (UK) »
Thank you for your help, will look up info given  :)

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Re: WW2 German plane shot down, St Audries Bay,England 1941, bodies in graveyard
« Reply #4 on: Thursday 03 January 19 18:29 GMT (UK) »
Have been following this thread with great interest ,so much so I travelled to the churchyard and took some video , excuse my efforts i'm no filmmaker , ironically theres a RAF pilot buried just feet from these Luftwaffe boys...


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g71F752mYfA&t=4s
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