Millery, Meurthe-et-Moselle

Commune in Grand Est, France

Coat of arms

Location of Millery

(2020–2026) Bernard Balland^[1]Area

7.48 km² (2.89 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[2]

604 • Density81/km² (210/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal code

54369 /54670

Elevation183–392 m (600–1,286 ft)
(avg. 182 m or 597 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

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

History

During World War II, on Saturday, 29 July 1944, an RAF Avro Lancaster Type B III bomber (s/n ND756 AA°M), while on a mission^[3] to the German city of Stuttgart, was shot down by Luftwaffe night fighters and crashed at 1:25 a.m. on the Falaise hill near Millery.^[4] Out of the seven crew members,^[5] four died — including three from New Zealand and one British — and were buried in the village cemetery, where their graves^[6] can still be seen.^[7]

References

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 9 August 2021.
^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ Youngs, Kelvin. "Aircrew Remembered Aviation Personal Histories and Databases". Aircrew Remembered site. Retrieved 21 August 2019.
^ "France-Crashes 39-45". francecrashes39-45.net. Retrieved 21 August 2019.
^ "75 Squadron Lancaster III ND756 AA-M". aircrewremembered.com. Retrieved 21 August 2019.
^ "Four crew members' graves". Retrieved 21 August 2019.
^ "Monuments - Mairie de Millery". www.millery.com. Retrieved 21 August 2019.