At 1430 local on 11 Nov, representing RAFA Sud Ouest France I will be laying the wreath on the memorial at Angles, Vendee, to those of the crew of a Halifax lost after a raid on La Pallice and thereafter we will place poppy crosses on the graves in Angles cemetery of those crew members who lost their lives
Site du crash du bombardier Halifax L.9527 TL-M du Sqn 35 le 24 juillet 1941, parti de Stanton Harcourt pour bombarder La Pallice.
Equipage : F/S C.A.Godwin, Sgt G.G.Esnouf, Sgt C.H.Newstead, P/O G.A.Eperon, Sgt E.O.T.Balcomb, Sgt R.T.Rudlin, F/S S.H.J.Shirley. Sgt E.O.T.Balcomb et P/O G.A.Eperon ont été faits prisonniers.