Coordinates : 49.16750,0.39833
49°10'3"N 0°23'54"E
49°10.050 N 0°23.900 E
The town cemetery located in the church grounds.
From the A28 take the D49 west to the D145. Take the latter north to Thiberville. From there take the D22 north to the D36 and head west to the D157. Take that south to Piencourt. The monument is in the church cemetery.
In memory of the pilots who fell on Piencourt soil on July 25th 1944. English fighters buried in our cemetery:
AJ Page
RM Simpson
FJ Court
R Leyland
E Ord
J Watkinson
American pilot buried in the Coleville (14) cemetery
Ben Higgins Jr shot down on August 18th 1944
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