Millery, Meurthe-et-Moselle
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Millery is a commune in the Meurthe-et-Moselle
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in north-eastern
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.


History

During
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, on Saturday, 29 July 1944, an RAF
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Type B III bomber (s/n ND756 AA°M), while on a mission to the German city of
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, was shot down by
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night fighters and crashed at 1:25 a.m. on the Falaise hill near Millery. Out of the seven crew members, four died — including three from
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and one British — and were buried in the village cemetery, where their graves can still be seen.


See also

* Communes of the Meurthe-et-Moselle department


References

Communes of Meurthe-et-Moselle {{MeurtheMoselle-geo-stub