Aston, Maurice Robert
Personal Information
Rank | Sgt |
Forename(s) | Maurice Robert |
Surname | Aston |
Gender | M |
Age | 21 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 25-06-1943 |
Next of Kin | Son of George Melbourne Aston and Elsie Aston, of Crouch End, Middlesex. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Avro Lancaster III |
Serial Number | ED968 |
Markings | PH-P Bar |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | United Kingdom |
Burial/Memorial Place | Cambridge City Cemetery |
Grave Reference | Grave 14535. |
Epitaph | THE SOUL THAT THOU DIDST LEND IN LOVE; IN LOVE THOU CALLEST HOME |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 1 |
Panel Number | 4 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 1394397 |
Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Group | 1 |
Squadron | 12 |
Trade | Navigator |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Other Memorials
Location | Wickenby Airfield Memorial Walk, Wickenby, Lincolnshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Metal Plaque |
Memorial Text | In Memory of the crew of Lancaster ED968 12 Squadron Killed on a training flight 25th June 1943 at Stenigot |
Location | Wickenby Airfield, Wickenby, Lincolnshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Stone Memorial with Sculpture of Icarus & Information Board |
Memorial Text | Royal Air Force Wickenby No1 Group Bomber Command 1942-1945 In memory of one thousand and eighty men of 12 & 626 Squadrons who gave their lives on operations from this airfieldin the offensive against Germany and the liberation of occupied Europe Per ardu |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/167/10 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/167/9 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 25-06-1943 |
End Date | 25-06-1943 |
Takeoff Station | Wickenby |
Day/Night Raid | Day |
Operation | Training- flying test |
Reason for Loss | Reported to have broken up in mid-air, possibly due to latent damage from a previous operation. Crashed at Stenigot, near Louth. |