Bywater, Maurice
Personal Information
Rank | P/O |
Forename(s) | Maurice |
Surname | Bywater |
Gender | M |
Age | 20 |
Date of Death | 10-10-1940 |
Next of Kin | Son of Willie and Mary Adelaide Bywater, of Doncaster. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Bristol Blenheim IV |
Serial Number | T1881 |
Markings | OM- |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | United Kingdom |
Burial/Memorial Place | Doncaster (Rose Hill) Cemetery |
Grave Reference | Sec. G. Grave 75. |
Epitaph | GONE HOME TO GOD |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 140 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 83243 |
Service | Royal Air Force (Auxiliary Air Force) |
Group | 2 |
Squadron | 107 |
Squadron Motto | Nous y serons (We shall be there) |
Trade | Pilot |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Other Memorials
Location | Church of St. Andrew, Little Massingham, Norfolk |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Roll of Honour in Wooden Case |
Memorial Text | Roll of Honour to those who served at RAF Little Massingham during WW2, including 107 Sqn |
Location | Adjacent to Northern Perimeter of Airfield, Wattisham, Suffolk |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Stone Memorial with inscribed Marble Tablets |
Memorial Text | A memorial to those who served at RAF Wattisham during WW2, including 107 Sqn, who along with 110 Sqn delivered the first air raids of the War |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
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 | 10-10-1940 |
End Date | 10-10-1940 |
Takeoff Station | Wattisham |
Day/Night Raid | Day |
Operation | Training |
Reason for Loss | Flew into trees at Wicken close to Ely |