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APPERSON, Maxwell

Aircraft Information
Aircraft Handley Page Halifax II
Serial Number W7769
Markings LQ-K
Memorial information
Burial/Memorial Country United Kingdom
Burial/Memorial Place Barmby-on-the-Moor Churchyard
Grave Reference Row F. Grave 1..
Epitaph
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase 2
Panel Number 123
Enlistment information
Service Number 534437
Service Royal Air Force
Group 4
Squadron 405 (Vancouver)
Trade Flight Engineer
Country of origin if different United Kingdom
Last Operation information
Start Date 23-07-1942
End Date 24-07-1942
Takeoff Station Pocklington
Day/Night raid Night
Operation Duisburg. 215 aircraft. Again, the marker flares were not accurately deployed. Some housing damage although bombing was very scattered.
Reason for Loss Crashed on Pocklington village on return to base due to an engine cutting out. Hit a school and burst into flames