Fourcade, Maurice F Jean
Personal Information
Rank | Sgt |
Forename(s) | Maurice F Jean |
Surname | Fourcade |
Gender | M |
Age | |
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Date of Death | 17-12-1944 |
Next of Kin |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Vickers Wellington X |
Serial Number | LP546 |
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Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | |
Burial/Memorial Place | |
Grave Reference | |
Epitaph |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 1 |
Panel Number | 36 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 1653 |
Service | |
Group | 91 |
Squadron | 20 OTU |
Trade | Air Gunner |
Country of Origin | France |
Other Memorials
Location | Rural location, Bogs O'Mayne, Morayshire, Scotland |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Memorial Stone, Mural & Inscribed Metal Plaques |
Memorial Text | Erected on the site of RAF Elgin (Bogs of Mayne) a satellite airfield for No 20 OTU Lossiemouth between 1940 and 1945. |
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 30-11--0001 |
End Date | 30-11--0001 |
Takeoff Station | Lossiemouth |
Day/Night Raid | |
Operation | Training- cross-country exercise |
Reason for Loss | Whilst flying in appalling weather off the coast, Sgt Fourcade misunderstood an instruction to don parachutes as an order to evacuate. The rest of the crew continued its sortie and returned safely to base. His body was never found |