Area 11.95 km² | Intercommunality Toulois Local time Monday 1:16 AM | |
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Weather 4°C, Wind SW at 27 km/h, 82% Humidity | ||
Choloy-Ménillot is a commune in the Meurthe-et-Moselle department in north-eastern France.
Map of Choloy-M%C3%A9nillot, France
It is located 28 kilometres west of Nancy and 5 kilometres west of Toul.
Near the village is the Royal Canadian Air Force Cemetery Choloy, which contains the remains of Canadian military personnel or their family members who died while serving with the Canadian No. 1 Air Division during the Cold War period of the 1950s and 1960s. It also contains graves of Canadian and Commonwealth aircrew who died in World War II, including: RCAF pilot Andy Watson, 21, from Hamilton, Ont., who stayed with his Lancaster while the rest of the crew; Australian Hurricane pilot Leslie Clisby, who died during the Battle of France in 1940, and was the first RAF ace of the war to be lost in action; and New Zealand Hurricane pilot Cobber Kain, first RAF ace of the war, who also died during the Battle of France.