933498 Sergeant Maurice Walter Gerald Fox.
The Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
201 Squadron.
Aged 20.
Son of Lionel Thomas Andrew Fox and Edith Emma Ealham Fox, of Erith, Kent.
His birth was registeredat Dartford.
Commemorated on Grangegorman Memorial.
Thought to be buried in Milltown Malbay, Co. Clare.
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Sergeant Maurice Walter Gerald Fox
201 Squadron flew the Sunderland Flying Boats throughout WW2, principally based at RAF Sullom Voe in Shetland and at RAF Invergordon in Ross & Cromarty.
They patrolled the North Atlantic protecting convoys and locating German Submarines.
Sunderland Mark 2, W3988 ZM-P, came down near Doonbeg, Co. Clare, on 3 December 1941, having made two failed attempts to land, and ditched in the sea.
The crew abandoned the aircraft successfully, but only the pilot,
F/Lt James Grant Fleming DFC
and Sgt. James Cannell Masterson survived to reach the shore, where they were interned by the Irish authorities for the duration of the war.
Squadron Leader James Grant Fleming died when his plane was shot down over Germany on 6 September 1944.
James Cannell Masterson died in 2005
The casualties were,
Pilot Officer Wilfred Sefton Emmett RNZAF, aged 26.
Pilot Officer Eric Gerald Marker aged 20.
Sergeant Eric Willows Jackson aged 24.
Sergeant Sydney James Epps aged 25.
Sergeant Maurice Walter Gerald Fox aged 20.
Leading Aircraftman Frederick Walter Lea aged 21, Flight Mechanic.
Leading Aircraftman Andrew Patrick Walker aged 19.
Leading Aircraftman Arthur Doncaster aged 30.
Aircraftman 1st Class Albert Everall Bennett aged 19.
The bodies of Epps, Fox, Lea and an unidentified body were buried in Milltown Malbay Church of Ireland Churchyard.
The bodies of Emmett, Marker, Jackson and Walker were never recovered. They are commemorated at the RAF Memorial at Runnymede.
The bodies of Bennett and Doncaster were buried in Killard Churchyard, Doonbeg, Co. Clare,
The Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
201 Squadron.
Aged 20.
Son of Lionel Thomas Andrew Fox and Edith Emma Ealham Fox, of Erith, Kent.
His birth was registeredat Dartford.
Commemorated on Grangegorman Memorial.
Thought to be buried in Milltown Malbay, Co. Clare.
see
Sergeant Maurice Walter Gerald Fox
201 Squadron flew the Sunderland Flying Boats throughout WW2, principally based at RAF Sullom Voe in Shetland and at RAF Invergordon in Ross & Cromarty.
They patrolled the North Atlantic protecting convoys and locating German Submarines.
Sunderland Mark 2, W3988 ZM-P, came down near Doonbeg, Co. Clare, on 3 December 1941, having made two failed attempts to land, and ditched in the sea.
The crew abandoned the aircraft successfully, but only the pilot,
F/Lt James Grant Fleming DFC
and Sgt. James Cannell Masterson survived to reach the shore, where they were interned by the Irish authorities for the duration of the war.
Squadron Leader James Grant Fleming died when his plane was shot down over Germany on 6 September 1944.
James Cannell Masterson died in 2005
The casualties were,
Pilot Officer Wilfred Sefton Emmett RNZAF, aged 26.
Pilot Officer Eric Gerald Marker aged 20.
Sergeant Eric Willows Jackson aged 24.
Sergeant Sydney James Epps aged 25.
Sergeant Maurice Walter Gerald Fox aged 20.
Leading Aircraftman Frederick Walter Lea aged 21, Flight Mechanic.
Leading Aircraftman Andrew Patrick Walker aged 19.
Leading Aircraftman Arthur Doncaster aged 30.
Aircraftman 1st Class Albert Everall Bennett aged 19.
The bodies of Epps, Fox, Lea and an unidentified body were buried in Milltown Malbay Church of Ireland Churchyard.
The bodies of Emmett, Marker, Jackson and Walker were never recovered. They are commemorated at the RAF Memorial at Runnymede.
The bodies of Bennett and Doncaster were buried in Killard Churchyard, Doonbeg, Co. Clare,
933498 Sergeant Maurice Walter Gerald Fox.
The Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
201 Squadron.
Aged 20.
Son of Lionel Thomas Andrew Fox and Edith Emma Ealham Fox, of Erith, Kent.
His birth was registeredat Dartford.
Commemorated on Grangegorman Memorial.
Thought to be buried in Milltown Malbay, Co. Clare.
see
Sergeant Maurice Walter Gerald Fox
201 Squadron flew the Sunderland Flying Boats throughout WW2, principally based at RAF Sullom Voe in Shetland and at RAF Invergordon in Ross & Cromarty.
They patrolled the North Atlantic protecting convoys and locating German Submarines.
Sunderland Mark 2, W3988 ZM-P, came down near Doonbeg, Co. Clare, on 3 December 1941, having made two failed attempts to land, and ditched in the sea.
The crew abandoned the aircraft successfully, but only the pilot,
F/Lt James Grant Fleming DFC
and Sgt. James Cannell Masterson survived to reach the shore, where they were interned by the Irish authorities for the duration of the war.
Squadron Leader James Grant Fleming died when his plane was shot down over Germany on 6 September 1944.
James Cannell Masterson died in 2005
The casualties were,
Pilot Officer Wilfred Sefton Emmett RNZAF, aged 26.
Pilot Officer Eric Gerald Marker aged 20.
Sergeant Eric Willows Jackson aged 24.
Sergeant Sydney James Epps aged 25.
Sergeant Maurice Walter Gerald Fox aged 20.
Leading Aircraftman Frederick Walter Lea aged 21, Flight Mechanic.
Leading Aircraftman Andrew Patrick Walker aged 19.
Leading Aircraftman Arthur Doncaster aged 30.
Aircraftman 1st Class Albert Everall Bennett aged 19.
The bodies of Epps, Fox, Lea and an unidentified body were buried in Milltown Malbay Church of Ireland Churchyard.
The bodies of Emmett, Marker, Jackson and Walker were never recovered. They are commemorated at the RAF Memorial at Runnymede.
The bodies of Bennett and Doncaster were buried in Killard Churchyard, Doonbeg, Co. Clare,
The Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
201 Squadron.
Aged 20.
Son of Lionel Thomas Andrew Fox and Edith Emma Ealham Fox, of Erith, Kent.
His birth was registeredat Dartford.
Commemorated on Grangegorman Memorial.
Thought to be buried in Milltown Malbay, Co. Clare.
see
Sergeant Maurice Walter Gerald Fox
201 Squadron flew the Sunderland Flying Boats throughout WW2, principally based at RAF Sullom Voe in Shetland and at RAF Invergordon in Ross & Cromarty.
They patrolled the North Atlantic protecting convoys and locating German Submarines.
Sunderland Mark 2, W3988 ZM-P, came down near Doonbeg, Co. Clare, on 3 December 1941, having made two failed attempts to land, and ditched in the sea.
The crew abandoned the aircraft successfully, but only the pilot,
F/Lt James Grant Fleming DFC
and Sgt. James Cannell Masterson survived to reach the shore, where they were interned by the Irish authorities for the duration of the war.
Squadron Leader James Grant Fleming died when his plane was shot down over Germany on 6 September 1944.
James Cannell Masterson died in 2005
The casualties were,
Pilot Officer Wilfred Sefton Emmett RNZAF, aged 26.
Pilot Officer Eric Gerald Marker aged 20.
Sergeant Eric Willows Jackson aged 24.
Sergeant Sydney James Epps aged 25.
Sergeant Maurice Walter Gerald Fox aged 20.
Leading Aircraftman Frederick Walter Lea aged 21, Flight Mechanic.
Leading Aircraftman Andrew Patrick Walker aged 19.
Leading Aircraftman Arthur Doncaster aged 30.
Aircraftman 1st Class Albert Everall Bennett aged 19.
The bodies of Epps, Fox, Lea and an unidentified body were buried in Milltown Malbay Church of Ireland Churchyard.
The bodies of Emmett, Marker, Jackson and Walker were never recovered. They are commemorated at the RAF Memorial at Runnymede.
The bodies of Bennett and Doncaster were buried in Killard Churchyard, Doonbeg, Co. Clare,
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