Montcony and Linton On Ouse - Twinned Villages
Ready to welcome Montcony visitors in 2013 
Montcony visitors & Linton villagers enjoying a visit to Elvington Air Museum, 2013 
Part of the aircraft which crashed in Montcony is returned to Linton on Ouse in 2013. |
The connection between the two Villages has its roots in an event that occurred in WW2. On the evening of 23rd October 1942, an aircraft left RAF Linton on Ouse on a mission to Italy, but was shot down near Montcony in Burgundy. The crew of six Britons and two Canadians were killed. The Headmaster of Montcony's School recovered the bodies and laid them out under a Union Flag and they were eventually buried in Montcony Churchyard with some 3,000 villagers attending the funeral. This was a very courageous act, for which the Villagers suffered at the hands of the Gestapo. Linton on Ouse has been twinned with Montcony since 2008 and since then various exchange visits have been made. Some photographs from their 2019 visit to Linton are shown on a separate page on this website. |
