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France to Honor Fallen Barbados RAF Pilot

DateMonday, August 23, 2010 at 08:24PM

On February 4, 1941, Royal Air Force Pilot Officer George Inniss of 106 Squadron lifted off from Funningley in his Hampden bomber on a mission to mine the coast of France near St-Nazaire.

Inniss was just 24 years old, and his crew mates were as young as 18. They all died that night when their aircraft was shot down and crashed near St.Pète-en-Retz between St.Nazaire and Nantes, Loire-et-Atlantique, France.

Inniss and his friends are buried in the Pont-du-Cens Communal Cemetery. The French town is planning a commemoration in May of 2011 to remember George Inniss, his crew and some other young men whose aircraft crashed nearby.

Read full post at Barbados Free Press


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