Hudston, Maurice Gregory
Personal Information
Rank | Sgt |
Forename(s) | Maurice Gregory |
Surname | Hudston |
Gender | M |
Age | 22 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 14-05-1944 |
Next of Kin | Son of Pretoria Hudston, of Cudworth. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Handley Page Halifax V |
Serial Number | DG284 |
Markings | -F2 |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | United Kingdom |
Burial/Memorial Place | Cudworth (St. John The Baptist) Churchyard |
Grave Reference | Sec. C. south. Row 8. Grave 37. |
Epitaph |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 185 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 1540155 |
Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Group | 7 |
Squadron | 1667 HCU |
Trade | WOp/AG |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Other Memorials
Location | Roadside location, adjacent to Sandtoft airfield, Sandtoft, Lincolnshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Stone obolisk and inscribed metal plaque |
Memorial Text | In memory of all those who served and died at RAF Sandtoft during Word War II |
Location | Eastern end of former main runway, Faldingworth, Lincolnshire * PRIVATE PROPERTY * |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Stone sculpture and inscribed stone tablet |
Memorial Text | 1667 HCU RAF 1943 To those who tyranny threatened flew from this runway, some never to return and to those who supported them on the ground, we remember you all |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 14-05-1944 |
End Date | 14-05-1944 |
Takeoff Station | Sandtoft |
Day/Night Raid | Day |
Operation | Training- circuits and landings |
Reason for Loss | Flying at 1000', the starboard outer cut and was feathered. Unable to regain their base, the crew forced-landed at 1553 on Wedge Hall Moor, near Thorne. F/O McGowan RCAF was taken to Scunthorpe War Memorial Hospital, while his less seriously hurt colleagues were treated in Sandtoft's station sick quarters. |