Sautelle, Claude Besnard
Personal Information
Rank | F/S |
Forename(s) | Claude Besnard |
Surname | Sautelle |
Gender | M |
Age | 28 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 08-11-1942 |
Next of Kin | Son of John Besnard Sautelle and Fanny Katherine Sautelle. Husband of Sylvia Grace Sautelle, of Neutral Bay, New South Wales, Australia. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Vickers Wellington III |
Serial Number | BJ768 |
Markings | QT-Q |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | France |
Burial/Memorial Place | Vannes (Boismoreau) Communal Cemetery |
Grave Reference | Div. B. Row 1. Grave 11. |
Epitaph | CAELUM IPSUM PETIMUS (Latin: In our foolishness, we assail Heaven - from Horace) |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 1 |
Panel Number | 94 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 411390 |
Service | Royal Australian Air Force |
Group | 1 |
Squadron | 142 |
Trade | Wireless Operator |
Country of Origin | Australia |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/973/22 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/973/21 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 07-11-1942 |
End Date | 08-11-1942 |
Takeoff Station | Grimsby |
Day/Night Raid | Night (1% moon) |
Operation | Mine laying off Brittany |
Reason for Loss | Crashed in the sea off Vannes |