Phair, Maurice Andrew
Personal Information
Rank | WO2 |
Forename(s) | Maurice Andrew |
Surname | Phair |
Gender | M |
Age | 24 |
Date of Death | 13-01-1943 |
Next of Kin | Son of Mark Trafton Phair and Bertha Florence Phair (née Foote), of Limestone, Maine, U.S.A. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Avro Lancaster I |
Serial Number | W4261 |
Markings | ZN-C |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | Germany |
Burial/Memorial Place | Reichswald Forest War Cemetery |
Grave Reference | 8. G. 12. |
Epitaph |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 1 |
Panel Number | 84 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | R/101179 |
Service | Royal Canadian Air Force |
Group | 5 |
Squadron | 106 |
Squadron Motto | Pro libertate (For freedom) |
Trade | Pilot |
Country of Origin | United States of America |
Other Memorials
Location | Holy Trinity Church, Martin, Lincolnshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Stone Tablet & Roll of Honour in Wooden Case |
Memorial Text | To the memory of the Airmen of 106 Sqn who gave their lives in the 1939-45 War |
Location | Former Airfield Site, Martin Moor, Lincolnshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Brick moument with inscribed Slate Tablets & Plaques |
Memorial Text | Dedicated to the airmen and airwomen who served on 106 Sqn in WW2. 995 gave their lives |
Miscellaneous Information
Born 24 December 1918. Maurice was an aircraft mechanic. His father owned a store in Maine. |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/833/2 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/833/1 |
Fellow Servicemen
Please note that this list gives all the losses aboard the quoted aircraft and occasionally these may have occurred on an earlier date when the aircraft was not itself lost. Please check the dates of death carefully.
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 13-01-1943 |
End Date | 14-01-1943 |
Takeoff Station | Syerston |
Day/Night Raid | Night (57% moon) |
Operation | Essen |
Reason for Loss | Shot down by a night-fighter flown by Maj. Werner Streib, Stab 1./NJG1 at 19.16hrs SW of Appeldoorn. Crashed at Oberhausen nr Dusseldorf. Initially buried in Dusseldorf North Cemetery and reinterred on 28 November 1946. |